Hi. i'm after some help. I have a chip on my paintwork that's about 1.5mm in diameter. It was there when I bought the car and it is rusted. Can anyone suggest the best way to get rid of the rust so I can touch it up? Thanks in advance

 

Electrically buff it out, then clean out with thinners. Apply paint blob leaving it proud. Polish flat when dry, using a soft cotton cloth stretched over a smooth and flat block of pine (or similar). Vigourous rubbing will take it down nice and flat & almost invisible if you are lucky.



Steve

 

As above, but make sure you prime it first otherwise the paint may
lift after a while, as bare metal does not have a lot of adhesion.

Rob

 

Cheers for the replies. I don't have an electric buffer unfortunately. I was reading elsewhere on the net to get wet and dry paper, and glue a circle of it to the bottom of a pencil. In fact, to the eraser at the end of a pencil. Then use that, but I can't see that I'll be successful since the pencil diameter is so much bigger than the chip!

 

Agreed for the bigger marks, but I would think that a tiny 1.5mm hole will be fine in this case. Never had any lift off so long as the rust is all out and its dry when you do the work.

Fold the emery over and use a corner. Dont matter if you make it bigger, you can fill with paint and have a couple of goes at it

Steve