I have another question and am looking for opinions. My 69 Cutlass has been repainted sometime in the past (longer that 6 years ago before previous owner). The paint is pretty good for the most part with few flaws. In front of the left rear wheel well on the edge of the well and 6" from bottom there is a line of small 1/16" - 1/8" dia blisters in the paint (about 10). Some have a small crack in them so they are probably rust bubbles and not just paint. Looking for some opinions on what you guys would do.

• Ignore them.
• Carfully grind them out with a dremmel just in the bubble and tough them up with some touch up paint. I know this will still show but hopefully would stop any more rust.
• have that small area professionally done - since I am no auto painter beyond using touch up paint.

Also is there any good product that can go on rust and truely neuteralize it to stop it and prime it without removing it? I know there is Navel Jelly but does this stuff really work?

Thanks,
Doug

 

I'd have it professionally sandblasted since it's a nice car. You could blast it yourself for about 50 bucks, but if you let it get too hot from the sand, it could warp the panel. You'll hardly ever be lucky enough to match old weathered factory paint. Whatever you do STOP it dead in it's tracks. Trust me on that one. I just spent 2 hours in the rain pulling fenders off because I didn't see the bubbles behind my trim.

 

Rust is bad. Definitely get it taken care of.

 

Thanks I will plan on getting it done. It isn't a big area so I don't think it will cost to much I hope.

Doug

 

You would need a patch panal to fix the problem and to have a shop to do it you are looking at $850 bucks to do the job or you can do it yourself not to hard to do