CAst Iron repair? Advice welcome.

[Matt Gard]

I have a VERY large CI kettle that I got that had been repurposed into a flower planter. Someone drilled a half inch hole in the bottom. I'd love to get this repaired and bring it back to life. Any advice on how to get a hole in CI repaired?

 

[Clint]

probably have someone with a mig welder fill it & grind it down.....functionally it should work, not sure about food safety though

 

[Matt Gard]

Yeah food safety is a concern. I want to use it for big stew cooks for my closest fifty or so friends.

 

[Jim Lampe]

hang it up on a farm house wall.
then find another one.
sorry Matt.

 

[Matt Gard]

hang it up on a farm house wall.
then find another one.
sorry Matt.

That's what I'm afraid of.

 

[George Curtis]

find some one who knows how to weld cast iron. there is a guy here who has done ci for me.

 

[Steve Cleveland]

I would can think of a few ways to fix that

braze it, drill and tap it for a pipe plug or weld it with a nickel rod, the first two would be the easiest.

where are you at in Indiana?