Rusty stone chips on the bonnet..

[Mertz33]

Following my previous thread about the bonnet heat shield, I had a closer look at the bonnet and noticed some 6-8 stone chips that started rusting.. so the paint around them looks like it has rust underneath.

Now the spors are very small, probably the largest being ~2mm diameter and I am aware this is a 13 year old car so no longer new.. but what's the best I can do to prevent the rust from developing any further??

I have some 20-30ml paint done after my colour code and it's spot on, could I fix this myself?

 

[optimusprime]

Job for the dremel with small grind wheel .Remove the rust put a spot of rust killer in the hole ,then a little cellulose stoper or just fill it up with paint to match your cars paint work use T cut on it till its the same level as the original paint .Polish job done .

 

[Mertz33]

Job for the dremel with small grind wheel .Remove the rust put a spot of rust killer in the hole ,then a little cellulose stoper or just fill it up with paint to match your cars paint work use T cut on it till its the same level as the original paint .Polish job done .

Thanks, given the fact that I've never done this, what are the chances I mess up?

 

[clk320x]

Don’t dremel it... just touch it up, it’ll most likely be fine.

 

[AltonAnt]

This guy does it really well. Easy to follow steps too.

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[MrGreedy]

If you want to stop the rust, you will need to get rid of the rust, which means back to bare metal.

I'm with OptimusPrime here and that exact method. I used to be a corrosion engineer for Rolls-Royce (engineering, not cars) for a decade, and painting over is no fix.

I've seen that AmmoNYC vid before and it's pretty good. Without watching it again, I think he also makes a good recommendation of getting a bottle of touch up paint, and diluting with a quantity of lacquer to get a better finish. It's all time though, and a good polished afterwards is a cost if you don't have one.

If you don't fancy doing it yourself, get some quotes for that plus a bonnet respray. Or you could dremel, treat fill and lightly wet and dry yourself to save a bit of labour before a respray.