Removal of Rust Spots on car

brianrcarney

Hi all,

i have just noticed some rust spots on my car bonnet and wheel arch, and i havent a clue what i need to do to sort it out.

Do i just get a same colour paint thing from motor factors and fill the spots in or whats the best and cheapest solution to the problem,

any help appreciated

Muckie

Well all depends on how good a finished job you want
as well your willing to spend. For such a job as this i'd get
masking tape, a newspaper, primer, sand paper and the right
matching paint. Also a tin of clear lacquer. Maybe €40 all in.
Do one part of your car first on a clear sunny day(when we
next get one;)) Maybe check out a few spray painting videos
on youtube or read up on techniques. Have fun.

peasant

The single most important thing is to remove all the rust down to blank metal. Not black metal (that's just polished rust) but blank, shiny metal. And then get good rust inhibiting primer on it, filler as appropriate and a coat of paint or two.

If the rust is only poorly removed it will bubble up again in no time.

The best tool to remove paint and rust by far is a so called CFSD disc


It takes everything off without gouging the metal as much as a grinding disc or even sandpaper would.


Filling the whole in the paint that you just made so that you don't notice it afterwards is a science onto itself ...one that I personally haven't mastered yet, so I won't advise any further

Neilw

Where do you buy those discs peasant?

peasant

I've got mine from a German online shop that also sells army paints

this is the makers website
http://www.klingspor.ca/html/index.php?encrypt=0&ID_O_TREE_GROUP=121&chapter=121&ID_O_PRODUCT=3254&begin=1&sLanguage=English&start_infoblock=1

I'm sure thay can be found in Ireland somewhere