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bobiG
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Nov 10, 2014, 2:29 PM

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Hello,

I plan to fix my car rust by painting in acrylic, now my question if there is a any problem to just buy any color acrylic craft store and use it, how I fit exactly the color of my car with the color of the acrylic?

How do I remove the parts with rust? I have a machine of sand paper (sanding with sand paper) Is this enough? Is it dangerous and can be completely impossible to polish any parts? How does it work?

Thanks in advance.

Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 10, 2014, 3:29 PM

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This question is all over the place. You really expect to FIX rust with craft store products?

I really suggest you stop by an auto body and paint repair shop and just ask or pay for a few minutes to check this out in person and suggest what you can do and shouldn't do at all that would only make it harder to do properly if cosmetics count.

If this rust is serious not just annoying to look at a spot you need to know that the car in general is OK where you do NOT see it,

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bobiG
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Nov 11, 2014, 1:42 AM

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I don't want to invest alot of money in it, let's say 70% of my car looks good and with nice glossy dark blue color and the rest it mostly sun burnt blue and theres scratches and some rust on the grill and the edges of the back window.

I want to have a small fix for and heared acrylic is a good thing for cars

Hammer Time
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Nov 11, 2014, 3:10 AM

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Acrylic is just a type of paint. It will not cover nor cure rust. Rust is like cancer. Unless it is completely cut out and repaired, it will simply keep spreading. There is no cheap, quick fix for rust.

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