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My kid has an older car that had some pretty significant paint issues. Some areas were rusting and the paint was bubbling-up pealing away.
I asked her what she wanted to do. We watched a bunch of youtube videos and decided we'd at least fix the rust problems so they didn't get worse, and also attempt to make things look a little nicer. Not perfection (on an old cheap car) but at least a little improvement.
She purchased primer and color-match paint, and I had misc. tools, wet-sandpaper, etc., and we went to work!
Some before pics:
![roof2.jpg roof2.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24600-d442b4c3f382e1f15e54c342c2ae331a.jpg)
![side1.jpg side1.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24601-3584f41e64ba387f5d76f2d375294d07.jpg)
![roof1.jpg roof1.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24602-0a64047e242560bace068228b0870c6f.jpg)
Some DURING pics (we ground-down the rust to bare-metal and primed it):
![hood2.jpg hood2.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24598-e4c1c99b6c94db5c27163d5bc2243513.jpg)
![side2.jpg side2.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24599-571d164d9d3848ebb7acf3a96f149f9a.jpg)
Some AFTER pics (We still need to do the clear-coat next week):
![roof3.jpg roof3.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24594-def9a4eba2bc36b48d336f0ad44ff3fd.jpg)
![hood4.jpg hood4.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24595-15eab8e34dfbe55b924bb56455a49abc.jpg)
![side3.jpg side3.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24596-d351bca1da21c9136e2296b6c1f3ffcc.jpg)
![hood3.jpg hood3.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24597-c952c496244824a25fea909d081aa036.jpg)
Definitely NOT perfect, and we ran out of color paint, but all things considered, it looks WAY WAY better than it did... and most importantly, the rust is gone / stopped!
We're going to clear-coat it next week, and excited that it will look even better!
I asked her what she wanted to do. We watched a bunch of youtube videos and decided we'd at least fix the rust problems so they didn't get worse, and also attempt to make things look a little nicer. Not perfection (on an old cheap car) but at least a little improvement.
She purchased primer and color-match paint, and I had misc. tools, wet-sandpaper, etc., and we went to work!
Some before pics:
![roof2.jpg roof2.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24600-d442b4c3f382e1f15e54c342c2ae331a.jpg)
![side1.jpg side1.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24601-3584f41e64ba387f5d76f2d375294d07.jpg)
![roof1.jpg roof1.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24602-0a64047e242560bace068228b0870c6f.jpg)
Some DURING pics (we ground-down the rust to bare-metal and primed it):
![hood2.jpg hood2.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24598-e4c1c99b6c94db5c27163d5bc2243513.jpg)
![side2.jpg side2.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24599-571d164d9d3848ebb7acf3a96f149f9a.jpg)
Some AFTER pics (We still need to do the clear-coat next week):
![roof3.jpg roof3.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24594-def9a4eba2bc36b48d336f0ad44ff3fd.jpg)
![hood4.jpg hood4.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24595-15eab8e34dfbe55b924bb56455a49abc.jpg)
![side3.jpg side3.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24596-d351bca1da21c9136e2296b6c1f3ffcc.jpg)
![hood3.jpg hood3.jpg](https://www.sufficientself.com/data/attachments/24/24597-c952c496244824a25fea909d081aa036.jpg)
Definitely NOT perfect, and we ran out of color paint, but all things considered, it looks WAY WAY better than it did... and most importantly, the rust is gone / stopped!
We're going to clear-coat it next week, and excited that it will look even better!