Rusty stone chips

[caspros]

So I was cleaning my car yesterday, and I noticed that I had some stone chips, that appear to have gone rusty !

Anyone have any ideas what to do about this, except for a bonnet respray.

I found about 6 little marks like this.

[funkytown]

heheh thats a Merc for you..

sorry i cant offer anything useful

[wrx_lou]

Use a brush on rust converter with a small brush. Then cover with nail polish. Shouldnt be too hard to find something that matches silver.

[caspros]

 funkytown said:

heheh thats a Merc for you..

sorry i cant offer anything useful

You're just a fountain of information ;D

[caspros]

 wrx_lou said:

Use a brush on rust converter with a small brush. Then cover with nail polish. Shouldnt be too hard to find something that matches silver.

Oh sweet, rust convertor, is that like a little brush on thingie ? I'll get the proper touch up paint, it's just I'm worried about the rust starting to eat away at it.

[wrx_lou]

it comes in bottles or sprays. Id recomend getting a small bottle as some of them like eating paint. You can get it from any hardware shop, repco or supercheap. Just follow the steps carefully and youll be right.

[Shale]

Depending on how epic your clearcoat is...

I had a can of my paint colour aside; spray some of it into the lid, and with a small paint brush blotted in a fair bit into each chip...several times until it was about level. Next day, VERY GENTLY wet sanded the excess off with 1500-grit wet&dry paper, cleared it up with water rubbing compound, then a polishing compound and a crapload of wax. Finish is nearly new, the right colour, and chips are nearly flush.

[caspros]

 Shale said:

Depending on how epic your clearcoat is...

I had a can of my paint colour aside; spray some of it into the lid, and with a small paint brush blotted in a fair bit into each chip...several times until it was about level. Next day, VERY GENTLY wet sanded the excess off with 1500-grit wet&dry paper, cleared it up with water rubbing compound, then a polishing compound and a crapload of wax. Finish is nearly new, the right colour, and chips are nearly flush.

I would have no idea how epic it is, would say quite epic ? But I don't think I'd be comfortable sand papering my car ! And, wouldn't I need to remove the rust first ?

[madmike]

 caspros']

[quote name='Shale said:

Depending on how epic your clearcoat is...

I had a can of my paint colour aside; spray some of it into the lid, and with a small paint brush blotted in a fair bit into each chip...several times until it was about level. Next day, VERY GENTLY wet sanded the excess off with 1500-grit wet&dry paper, cleared it up with water rubbing compound, then a polishing compound and a crapload of wax. Finish is nearly new, the right colour, and chips are nearly flush.

/quote]

+1

Caspros..

Painting rust does not make it go away...

Make sure you get a good quality rustkill and do it right.

Otherwise they will just turn into nasty flaking paint later on.

I would have no idea how epic it is, would say quite epic ? But I don't think I'd be comfortable sand papering my car ! And, wouldn't I need to remove the rust first ?

[Shale]

Well yeah, the removal of rust is a given. This is where I lack anything useful to say...never had a rusty car I've bothered to fix.

But I do know it's possible to fix it so it looks okay after the rust is removed