Well my mini is almost completely rust free.. but I've just noticed small bubbles coming up on the passengers side A panel. What would be the best way to remove this? My paint job is only acrylic, but it's in ok condition, so I don't want to mess everything up.

Should I strip the paint and have a go at removing the rust myself, then prime it? Not sure what to do about painting it though.. I don't have any air paint guns or anything.

Or if I was to get it done professionally can anyone give me a rough estimate on what I should expect to pay, and how long it usually takes?

I want to get on to this before it becomes a bigger problem. Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers

Do you have any of the original paint was it recently painted?

I would get a wire brush and strip the area back to bare metal and try to get rid of all the rust with a wire wheel then use deoxidine, prime and paint.

If you don't have any spare paintor it is old and faded you will have to get a paint shop to match it or try to find a similar colour yourself if the paint is new and hasn't faded this may work otherwise old paint commonly fades and painting new next to it will show a difference.

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It's been painted not too long back.. It's Ford Monza Red, which is a pretty common colour. I've got a spray can of it.. But using a spray can will make it look like rubbish won't it?

Maybe I don't know, but at least if you get a repairer to paint it for you they won't have to try and match your colour.

If you want to try yourself you could strip it back deoxidine and prime and paint it with the paint you have if it looks crap then get the pros to do it otherwise it is all good.
Least this way it won't be getting worse while you try to get someone to look at it for you.
If the paint is common enough you don't have to worry about using up all your matched paint so I reckon go for it (the price of a can of paint and primer is all you have to lose)

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Maybe consider rubbing pack the whole panel, and repairing it yourself.
Then have the pros mix and paint the area for you.
You can hide where the paints come together under the rubber door strip
and the seam cover.

depends how big of an area but if its noticeable i would sand the area and around it back almost the whole panel so the paint matches better
How much do you want your car to look good and how good is the paint now

I would if me just take to a shop and get quotes prob wont cost more then a couple hundread worth it in my opinion

My pop uses spray cans when he repairs cars for a mate of his, and it tends to look pretty good. The colours are getting quite close to that of the original colour. I know that when he repairs the front panel on my car he'll use one.

He was a panel beater when he was working, and has had years of experrience.

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Thanks for your replies. I'm always up for having a go, so I think I'll try rubbing it back and removing the rust, then give it a prime. As for painting, I might get that done properly.

Is there any way to check other areas and stop something like this happening there aswell?

If you are going to get it painted by the pros I'd go talk to them about it and ask what bits you can do. They probably have different ways of going about things and some bits they might want to do themselves.

I think you just have to wait until the bubbles appear and fix them when they do I think that's part of the appeal of bare metal resprays you know there should be no rust under there.

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I'd like to do a bare metal respray.. But I don't have the time, room or money.

If there is not a significant rust problem I wouldn't bother, if it's not broke......

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