This all started with a stone chip in the paint and overtime, the exposed metal rusted and has bubbled beneath the surrounding paint. This is what happens if rock chips are left alone, so cover up chips with touch up paint as soon as you see them.
This chip got really bad and the rust has spread, causing the surrounding paint to bubble. Today I’ll strip it down, fill the pitted areas with body filler and prime & paint the repair area to blend in with the original OEM paint on the rest of the roof.
Here’s a list of products that I used:
• Wax & Grease Remover:
• Blue shop towels
• Q-tips
• Wire wheel brush set:
• Automotive masking tape (wide):
• Body filler, hardener:
• Mixing board:
• Spreader:
• Dura-Block sanding block:
• Sand paper variety pack:
• Spot putty:
• Duplicolor self etching primer:
• Duplicolor filler primer:
• Duplicolor Perfect Match paint
• Duplicolor Lacquer Clear Coat:
• Tack Cloth:
• Orbital buffer 10″:
• Terry cloth pad set 10″:
• Meguiars light cutting compound/polish:
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this is awesome people always tell me if one spot of my car is messed up paint the whole car because that spot would look newer than the whole car but I'm like I think they trying to get over and make me spend more money because you can make it match the whole car's paint old paint and you just proved it is possible thank you
Great video for us newbies
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Great video man! I did use rust converter as a few suggested but otherwise it turned out great and saved a few hundred bucks
Great vid. Best one I have seen on this.
I just bought a 2008 Golf cheaply, and it's got rust starting almost exactly in the same spot, just further over to the passenger side. Since having it professionally fixed, including removing the windshield, will cost more than I paid for the car, I'm going to give this a go. It's a 14-year-old car with 178k miles on it (it's a diesel), so it really doesn't need to be a showroom-quality fix, I just want to stop the rust before it actually eats a hole through the roof.
Chris Fix 🙂
Curious, what would a body shop charge for a job like this??
That clear coat won't last long
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