what's the best way to deal with a rust spot on a car door?

Answer 1

you can buy anti-rust application in car shops (Halfords etc). Apply and after a few minutes the rust is gone, then paint the area concerned. Easy

Answer 2

Hi there Ideally the best way is to actually cut out the rust as previously mentioned in an "abrupt" answer. Once you have cut the rust out you should grind the welds until flat and then apply a small amount of body filler to the area so that the repair is completed next you apply some etch primer then flat it with wet and dry and use some stopper to hide any tiny imperferctions, then paint with primer about 4 coats and flat between each coat, finally panel wipe the area and apply colour again about 4 coats, allow to dry thoroughly about a week unless you have a spray booth finally use some superfine paper and polish

Answer 3

First clean out the rust with a 80 grade wet and dry paper then paint on an anti rust paint there are many on the market leave for a day then sand down with a 500 grit wet and dry , after that smooth of with a 1200 grit wet and dry , when dry clean then gently spay with a matching colour spray can , you can get thev colour code of the paint on the information plate under the bonnnet, do not get spray close to door but very carfully dust spray until it blends in

Answer 4

we call them beefburgers... all this sand and grind talk..well you obviously DONT know what youre doing... if its a 15 year old ford, let it rust, once you can see it, its too late as it rusts from inside out.

neil young said rust never sleeps, and hes right. we cut the whole section out, and reweld, then its ground down, fillered, stoppered polished and painted...and polished again. this takes hours to do, and LOTS of skill and ability or itll look crap, with frills and edges, sinks and lines.

AND you lot have no idea what smooth is.... or flat.

Answer 5

Remove as much of the rust as possible with sandpaper or a wire brush then treat the bare metal with something like Loctite rust remedy or Jenolite ( most of these treatments need 24hrs to work) then spray on you primer and top coat.

Answer 6

I would have to say sand paper, primer, that will stop the rust spot from spreading and if you desire, you could put spray paint on it.

Answer 7

Buy a product called Rust Eater and just brush it on

Answer 8

Go around scrap yards, and find a good door which is the same colour.

Answer 9

the "best" way to deal with it is to take it to a bodyshop and have it repaired. There are lots of things you can do yourself, but you asked for the "best" way

Answer 10

file it down with a bit of sand paper, then spray with paint