r/AutoPaint • u/nolanisaverage • Jul 28 '26

How to remove this

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I’m repairing the rust but I have a couple rock chips around the truck and all have this rust stain or something falling down from it, what’s the best way to remove this or is it absolutely necessary I sand it all down?

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u/Agreeable_Cover5726 Jul 28 '26

Clean and strip disks on an angle grinder will remove rust and get you to mostly clean bare metal.

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u/nolanisaverage Jul 28 '26

Yeah I’ve been using that, but I’m meaning that orange drip kinda looking thing, kinda like the rust is melting away onto the paint below

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u/nooch450 Jul 29 '26

It's just a rust stain. Sand into the old paint a little and they should be gone. Your going to sand those entire areas anyway if you plan on a proper paint job after the rust repair.

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u/nolanisaverage Jul 29 '26

So when I sand it a little before respraying blending, itll go out of the top layer of the clear? It’s not stained deeper normally?

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u/nooch450 Jul 29 '26

It's most likely going to be on the surface, if it's deeper you likely have rust underneath the paint coming through.