Hi,

Couple years ago my brother backed into my car and dented the rear driver side door. Had the dent fixed and is barely noticeable, but some paint did chip. I did the best I could to apply wax over it (didnt have touch up paint at the time and didnt know better). Worked fine for a while but recently a little rust has shown up. I tried to scrub the rust off and apply touch up paint over the metal. I just noticed that the paint fell off and its rusting again.

So how do I get rid of the rust and make sure it stays away? The chip and rust is about the size of a pencil eraser. Not big but I dont want it to spread.

thanks

ash

 

try some kind of rust remover from the car part store. then re-apply touch up.

 

Try one of those fiberglass sanding pens.

 

rust will probably just get worse over time (especially if in the exact area of the damage); but as mentioned trying to prolong it's life,

btw just be happy it is a door, and not the actually chassis/body of the car (doors are easily replaced)


as far as the touchup paint not staying on, try taking a little paint thinner/nail polish remover on a q-tip and dab/swab at the spot to try to clean up all the residue wax/greases that may be inside that rust spot, let it dry for like a minute (lightly blowing on it will help speed up the process) THEN reapply the touchup paint, and see how long it lasts

 

ok thanks, I'll see what I can pick up from the store tomorrow. Looks like its gonna be a car cleaning day as a couple scratches need attention..lol