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Hello guys! I purchased my 2008 350z a while back and after getting into detailing I decided to inspect my car very thoroughly... Look what I found on the hood.

My first thought was to wet sand...
There's nothing that can be done to revive the paint I know. But what can I do to minimize the damage?
 
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I will agree with Bob dr colorchip will be the best plan. For the rust ironx may help remove some of that
 
Don't really have the money for that. I was leaning towards getting it down enough and getting rid of the rust so that you can't notice it. I mean I never even noticed it, till looking closely.

I guess my main question is, will this interfere with my buffing/polishing that I am going to do next weekend. How will it behave.
 
if you dont remove/neutralize the rust it will continue on. I would hit it with iron x or a rust neutralizer product (just dab it on the area to minimize paint damage) then at the least go get a cheap bottle of touch up paint at the auto parts store.
 
Also try and stay away from it when polishing the car next weekend, or at least until touched up.
 
Thanks, I think I have some touch up paint in the garage. Does touch up paint act differently when using cutting compound. It will be very soft right? I'm afraid the paint will smear!

I have a really big philosophy in my head, I don't know if this is true or not. Haha
 
sand it out first! Get a brand new pencil, a hole puncher and some good but hefty sand paper (#800 i would suggest for blending purposes) hole punch out a piece and glue it to the eraser. stick the glued sand paper pencil right on there and spin the pencil so you are sanding the area out then apply your touch up paint!
 
Sand, rust reformer and some touch up paint. Won't be 100 percent perfect but close enough
 
Genuine Finish said:
sand it out first! Get a brand new pencil, a hole puncher and some good but hefty sand paper (#800 i would suggest for blending purposes) hole punch out a piece and glue it to the eraser. stick the glued sand paper pencil right on there and spin the pencil so you are sanding the area out then apply your touch up paint!
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Another vote for this process. Take your time doing this. Read more on this forum about using touch up paint. Don't get your expectations too high regarding the end result.

I am concerned about you mentioning using cutting compound. That sounds rather aggressive and goes counter to consistent advice on this forum to start with least aggressive on a test area, inspect work and move up a step is deemed necessary.
 
jsgntulok said:
Another vote for this process. Take your time doing this. Read more on this forum about using touch up paint. Don't get your expectations too high regarding the end result.

I am concerned about you mentioning using cutting compound. That sounds rather aggressive and goes counter to consistent advice on this forum to start with least aggressive on a test area, inspect work and move up a step is deemed necessary.
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Kinda to late, this afternoon I was very frustrated with family matters and i left the house without reading anyone's post. I began picking the rust out with a metal tool. Then I used some 1000 grit wet sand paper without water to try and sand the rust away. I got 85% of it out. Without thinking I began to put electric blue touch up paint on the area. Not only does it not match my dark midnight blue car, I'm afraid the rust will come back. Any suggestions for a novice? I have to stop working on my cars when I'm mad... :doh:
 
1) Use a fiberglass rust pen, shape the tip, and scrape/sand as much of the rust as you can from the chip
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2) Use a rust convertor for what ever is left behind
3) Clean as best you can with paint prep
4) Dr. Colorchip (as previously recommended)

You don't need 100% perfect substrate to use the product. You can expose to the "elements" the same day. Wait at least 14 days to put a high speed buffer on it (as recommended by the company).

Personally I would not use IronX on exposed metal because it will react (being that it is exposed metal).
 
It's to late for that!!
I said above that I already applied paint. I sanded it down and cleaned it and applied paint. Around the chip their are deep 1000 grit sanding marks becuase I didn't use the pencil trick. Hopefully I can get those out next week when my supplies come. Does leaving 1000grit sand marks exposed that long do anything? I'm going to put a piece of painters tape on it... Ugghhhhh

All day I was thinking about picking at it. But I'm afraid I will pick up surrounding paint becuase I balanced it really good its flush with the normal paint.


The touch up paint I used doesn't have a clear coat I think, I wondering how it will act with compound. Maybe I can somehow blend it.
 
Jazzyfella said:
It's to late for that!!
I said above that I already applied paint. I sanded it down and cleaned it and applied paint. Around the chip their are deep 1000 grit sanding marks becuase I didn't use the pencil trick. Hopefully I can get those out next week when my supplies come. Does leaving 1000grit sand marks exposed that long do anything? I'm going to put a piece of painters tape on it... Ugghhhhh

All day I was thinking about picking at it. But I'm afraid I will pick up surrounding paint becuase I balanced it really good its flush with the normal paint.


The touch up paint I used doesn't have a clear coat I think, I wondering how it will act with compound. Maybe I can somehow blend it.
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first off, why would you use touch up paint of a different color? Second off, read above. You can remove the touch up paint with any number of things. Try undiluted alcohol first, otherwise any body shop prep solvent will work.

Third, why did you pick 1000 grit? I would have started with something a bit finer, like 2000 which will buff out easily.
 
rodneypierce said:
first off, why would you use touch up paint of a different color? Second off, read above. You can remove the touch up paint with any number of things. Try undiluted alcohol first, otherwise any body shop prep solvent will work.

Third, why did you pick 1000 grit? I would have started with something a bit finer, like 2000 which will buff out easily.
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I was mad, I was not thinking. I said I had family matters above. Also I read the alcohol post, but I didn't know that removes paint. I'm more afraid of removing paint around the touch up.
 
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