help getting rid of rust.

[Defiant[YD]]

wellz, here's the deal, the car has some rust only on the rear (the part just behind the rear wheels) and i wanna clean it up. i've got the paint from the code on the door and now what should i do?
just sandpaper the rust and then spray on the paint?
CLR the damn rust and then spray on the paint?

and whats the deal with the primer? hehe, yah, i dunno what it's for :D

[damackz]

well u sand the rust and make it smooth , then u use primer on it and then apply the paint. Make sure u prep it right, mask everything and use bondo if needed to fill holes make the job that much better :pimp:

[Jerren]

if you just some rust and that is it, you are lucky. my rust ate all the way through the metal.

[(x_x)]

How did you fix yours, Jerren (if you ever did)? My rust is eating through like a bitch, and it's aaalll over the place. :mad:

[Jerren]

nah man. its still fukked up. i don't know what to do with it. i really dont care any more. i'm not putting any more money into my car until i get an engine swap.

[Defiant[YD]]

nah, it's got no holes. and besides, i know how to patch the holes up. it's just the painting that scares me. cuz i patched a hole on my BMW with fibreglass and it worked out good. but when i started repainting chipped paint spots on the front of the hood and around the tires, i did the sand paper and primer thing, but the paint is ruined. now my BMW looks like...... well..... it's got patches of ugly silver paint all over the polished body.

[YK86]

Unless you get perfectly matching paint, it will not look good when you just spray the patched area. What I did was paint the whole panel up to a certain point like the moulding and paint that whole piece. that way you don't notice it as much. The 88 Accord had rusty rear wells so I painted the whole lower half of the panel up to the pin stripe. The paint was a very good match but slightly lighter if you looked hard enough.

[pimp86LX]

bah! your lucky...when i got my 3g i had to replace the rockers, the floor, the trunk and the front 1/4 panels

all thats left is the trunk..but MAN that was some rust.. just don't paint with anything but factory matched paint and you should be fine. a layer of spot puddy aka bondo could make it look real smooth but that'd be some fancy work


peace!:smokin:

[Defiant[YD]]

ok, i did what u guys told me. sandpaper the rust down to metal, then the primer, and then the paint. the rust is gone, but the paint looks like crap! and i put like several layers of paint. waiting for each layer to dry before i put another layer on top. how do those body shops do it so nice????? :huh:

[TeKKnoTeKK]

does it atleast look better than it did when the rust was there? If so, atleast you can be thankful for that :lol

[YK86]

You can't really compare a body shop to a home garage done paint job especially if you painted with a spray bomb. Make sure the surface is smooth (I do the final sanding with 1200-1800 grit) and free of dust. Spray the paint so it ALMOST runs. If you go too fast, it doesn't leave a nice glossy finish and if you go too slow, it runs. What kind of paint did you use?

[Defiant[YD]]

i had the paint custom made at this auto shop. it's the same number as the color on my accord. then like, everytime i sprayed the paint on, it keeps running. there's no control over the paint release. just press and it comes out so fast that it runs.

would it help if i put on laquer?

i also think i put on too many layers of paint. the re-painted part looks like tape that has been stuck on to the car. anybody know of a good compound rubber so i can rub the edges into the existing paint?

[pimp86LX]

how are you using the spray bomb? you may be spraying too close...try short bursts..about 10-12 inches away then it shouldn't run...oh don't use laquer....