Proper way to touch up rock chips that rust?

[Bam]

Ok, so I've got a 12 year old car that has some rock chips, no biggie except they are starting to look rust color right there, and since there is no rust on the car i want to stop this right now.

 

What should i do?

 

Just apply touch up paint directly over it?

Try and sand the rust off and then touch up paint?

Buy something like a rust inhibitor to stop the rust then touch up paint?

 

These are tiny spots, like maybe the size of a penpoint or two, so kinda hard to work with.

 

thanks

[jeffro]

touchup paint and a toothpick

[AudiOn19s]

Ok, so I've got a 12 year old car that has some rock chips, no biggie except they are starting to look rust color right there, and since there is no rust on the car i want to stop this right now.

 

What should i do?

 

Just apply touch up paint directly over it?

Try and sand the rust off and then touch up paint?

Buy something like a rust inhibitor to stop the rust then touch up paint?

 

These are tiny spots, like maybe the size of a penpoint or two, so kinda hard to work with.

 

thanks

 

If you can get the rust out of the chip it's best. Most light polishes are enough to get the surface stuff cleaned out of a chip like this. Still not easy to work with such a small area. Then wipe with alcohol and put touch up paint in chip.

 

...then wetsand blob and polish the whole area if you want to really do it correctly.

 

Andy

[Clifford Automotive]

 

...then wetsand blob and polish the whole area if you want to really do it correctly.

 

Andy

 

 

this is it!