[Dan in Pasadena]

I agree doing it the best way our skill set allows us.

BUT there are people that will or have used the “if-you-can’t-weld-good-weld-a-lot” method, the “sheet-metal-screw-a-patch-and-pile-on-the-filler” method and even the “just pile-on-more-filler-over-rusted-areas” methods.

No, I’m NOT saying lap welds are equivalent to these methods but I AM saying there are better methods and they lay along a continuum to butt welded & planished repairs. Why not use the best available method? Yes, if you can. If all that’s holding you up is not WANTING to take the time to make a tightly fitting panel, well I just don’t get it I guess.