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Hi there

The hood of my silver coloured 2001 Honda Civic shows some stone chipped
spots, some of which look brownish (i.e. they started to rust I assume).

I purchased a touch-up paint, but before I apply it, I would like to know
what people recommend I should treat these spots with.

A fellow at the Honda dealership told me to get rid of the surface rust with
a "metal cloth". The other guy told me not to do that so that I do not
increase the size of these dots.

Is there any paste that is good for this? Should I use a Dremmel tool to
carefully remove this rust?

Any comments are appreciated.

Try a clay bar first, I think you will be pleased

"Artur Roytburg" <aroytbur@look.ca> wrote in message
news:vlt0in1juefn98@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi there
>
> The hood of my silver coloured 2001 Honda Civic shows some stone chipped
> spots, some of which look brownish (i.e. they started to rust I assume).
>
> I purchased a touch-up paint, but before I apply it, I would like to know
> what people recommend I should treat these spots with.
>
> A fellow at the Honda dealership told me to get rid of the surface rust
with
> a "metal cloth". The other guy told me not to do that so that I do not
> increase the size of these dots.
>
> Is there any paste that is good for this? Should I use a Dremmel tool to
> carefully remove this rust?
>
> Any comments are appreciated.
>
>

"Robert" <rsvn@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<daG7b.27633$5g7.26580@twister.austin.rr.com> ...
> Try a clay bar first, I think you will be pleased
>
> "Artur Roytburg" <aroytbur@look.ca> wrote in message
> news:vlt0in1juefn98@corp.supernews.com...
> > Hi there
> >
> > The hood of my silver coloured 2001 Honda Civic shows some stone chipped
> > spots, some of which look brownish (i.e. they started to rust I assume).
> >
> > I purchased a touch-up paint, but before I apply it, I would like to know
> > what people recommend I should treat these spots with.
> >
> > A fellow at the Honda dealership told me to get rid of the surface rust
> with
> > a "metal cloth". The other guy told me not to do that so that I do not
> > increase the size of these dots.
> >
> > Is there any paste that is good for this? Should I use a Dremmel tool to
> > carefully remove this rust?
> >
> > Any comments are appreciated.
> >
> >
If the chips are fairly recent, you can just wipe them with a paper
towel with a little WD40 on it, and the surface rust will come right
off. I would then hit it again with a damp cloth to get the WD40
remnants off before applying the touch-up paint. I do this a lot, and
find that if I use the little brush that comes attached to the
touch-up bottle's cap, I put on too much paint. A tiny drop from a
toothpick works better.

rpm