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  • Portrait of Nils beside a primer-grey door panel in his workshop

  • Nils Ekström

    I’m Nils. I repair rust on old estate cars in my own workshop in Dalarna and film every job, and I sell checklists, patch panel templates, a rustproofing guide and a course on welding thin sheet steel.

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    Welding Thin Sheet Steel

    Learn to join thin car steel without burning through or warping it, with a small wire welder.

    Gloved hands welding thin steel with sparks
    • 6: lessons
    • 1 h 25: of video, kept for good
    • Price: $59
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    A short letter every other Sunday about one repair, one tool and one thing I got wrong this fortnight.

  • Estate wagon under a snowy tarp beside a red barn

    Rustproofing the sills before the first snow

    18 min · Free

  • A natural tee printed with boxy wagon and snowy spruce illustration in navy and rust

    Wagon tee

    Tee · printed to order

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  • Welding Thin Sheet Steel was clear and easy to follow. I used what I learned the same week.

  • Nils in his workshop doorway beside a primer-grey wagon

  • 6 lessons, at your own pace

    01 Your machine and a safe bench · 02 Gas, wire and settings · 03 Practice beads on scrap · 04 Butt joints and tack order · 05 Plug welds and lap joints · 06 Grinding and checking a weld

  • Gloved hands welding thin steel with sparks

    Welding Thin Sheet Steel

    Video course · 6 lessons

    $59

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  • Rustproofing Guide

    PDF · 32 pages

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  • Checklist sheets, scribe and magnet on blue board

    Sill and Floor Repair Checklist

    PDF · 8 pages

    $9

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  • Grid of cardboard templates and steel patches

    Patch Panel Template Pack

    PDF · 24 printable templates

    $14

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  • Hand-cut patch panel and tools on a steel workbench

  • About me

    I live outside Falun, where the roads are salted from October to April and an old estate car lasts about as long as its sills. I bought my first rusty one at nineteen with money from a summer job, and I have been learning ever since by cutting out the bad steel and trying again.

  • Restored wagon driving a snowy forest road at blue hour
  • A white hoodie printed with boxy wagon and snowy spruce illustration in navy and rust
  • An oyster tote printed with boxy wagon and snowy spruce illustration in navy and rust

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  • From Salt and Seam · issue 52

    Rustproofing the sills before the first snow

    This week I put cavity wax into the sills, and this letter is the short version of the video. The first snow is due in Dalarna next week, and a sill sprayed in November will see far more winters than one sprayed in March. I drained the old residue first, because new wax does not stick to old dirt.

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