Optional step: If the rust colour isn’t orange enough, you can mix a little bright orange paint into the pigment mix. Or drybrush some orange onto the rust. It’s really that easy.

While you're at it, sand all the other areas you treated for rust to smooth them out and prepare them for painting. Any spots you've sanded down to the bare metal must be primed before you paint over ...

As with fixing surface rust, paint and clear-coat your repaired spot, then buff to blend it in with the rest of the car. → Penetrating Rust. After prolonged exposure, ...

The barriers take many forms-paint, plate, grease, and the long list of chemical treatments that promise to inhibit or completely prevent rust from forming. See All 30 Photos ...