I’m in the need of some good technical advice on how to approach a small area of rust that is found on my left corner panel; in front of my rear tire. I just also had seen another spot on my driver’s side lower door jam. I just want to make it clear that I’m not in any hurry to get the areas professional repair because I would like to get the whole car repainted at some point in the future. In saying this I would like to approach the rust locations by controlling the spreading and penetration. I'm looking for recommendations on how to successfully do this. I wasn’t sure if it looks like surface rust or not. I did go to my local NAPA store and purchase their rust treatment in a spray can; but I hold restrain in using the product until I hear otherwise. The item is #765-1671 and the pictures are displayed below. I have no body repair experience at all, but I would love to learn a few tricks.
Thank you,
93Civic_hb

Lower corner panel rust

Lower door jam rust

Rust Treatment pic-01

Rust Treatment pic-02



Modified by 93Civic_hb at 4:06 AM 5/6/2008

since ur gona get it repainted so this wont matter so much

sand down to metal around rust area about 1ich around, if it is straight through, weld a peice metal to it

if it is surface rust, grind all rust spots off, and try see if u can grind from back make sure its all gone, or its gonna come back, then put some bondo and putty on top of it and get some cheap red paint and paint it till its rdy for body work, or jsut primer the spot,

this is just basic steps, but ask around for a detail step

thsi jsut let u know wats up with rust and rust is like cancer,it spreads, treat it earlier the better good luck my friend, i love honda but that only thign i hate about it lol

I will probably apply the NAPA rust treatmentm howeverI haven't heard the comments on this product.

As for the other spot, it looks like there was wither rust from the backside, or a paint delamination moisture related issue that caused this. I would take the wire wheel to this too, hopefully it won't break thru the metal in any area. If it does break thru then you are going to want to cut the metal out at least an inch if not more past the affected area and well in a patch panel. But before you weld in the new piece take a mirror and make sure there is no more rust on the back side.

Oh and most of the rust treatment products on the market use some for of muriatic acid to "convert" the rust. And most brands use very similar concentrations of it.

i looked through just a few of them and they offer MORE than enough info on what you are looking for...