Simple way to clean up and stop rust?

[anthony73]

Try naval jelly the pink stuff you can get in the hardware store . smear it on there then use a wet red scotch brite pad and scrub then let it sit 10 min and scrub some more.It will be nice clean metal pretty quickly.

[ChevyZ71LTZ]

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[Ted S.]

If the area is so small that a wire brush is superfluous, start with a low grit, like 100, then 200, then 320. If you can get rid of all of the rust, you do not need a converter, just some sort of primer. Just something that keeps that oxygen or water from seeping into the metal. Put a quick coat of primer; let it cure (usually about a day with primer, then sand with 600 till smooth. If you accidentally sand through to the metal, just prep it with some rubbing alcohol and coat, cure and sand. This is just my method. Works well if you want a super smooth surface.

[mc4nam]

Have you guys ever used one of these Rust Pens?

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I am going to get some sandpaper,one of these Pens, small paint brushes, some Rust-mor or Por 15 and some touch up paint and get to work. I will post pictures of my results.

Thank You

[C. Charles Hahn]

Personally I'd just grind that surface rust off, shoot some etch primer on the bare metal, and use touch-up paint or follow it up with bed liner. That new Dupli-Color Bed Armor kit with Kevlar is roll-on or brush-on, so that might be easier as a DIY project.

[Ted S.]

Personally I'd just grind that surface rust off, shoot some etch primer on the bare metal, and use touch-up paint or follow it up with bed liner. That new Dupli-Color Bed Armor kit with Kevlar is roll-on or brush-on, so that might be easier as a DIY project.

I've seen some good pics of bed armor, looks very good, and even professional if you take the time to do a good prep.

[mc4nam]

I went and got the rust removing pen at Frys for $5. It seemed like a nice little tool. It removed the rust without messing up the paint around the scratch too much. This seems like it would be nice to prep a rust spot on exterior car paint before touch up. I can't find rust mort locally, but if the rust is gone, I should be able to just apply Toyota Touch up paint and be fine right? Below are the after shots and a picture of the rust pen I got at Frys electronics. Thanks to everyone for all suggestions. This forum has been great! It did cost me $75 dollars of cleaning products at the autogeek store also by finding the site!

[Ted S.]

Nice. I'll have to pick a few up.