My parents are looking at selling our van. It's in great shape except for a rust bubble on the hood. I know there have been a few posts about rust repair. I'm debating whether to try to fix it or just sell it how it is. I don't know if it would be worth my time trying to fix it and get a little more money out of it when we sell it. I have never done any rust repair. I'm not expecting to do a real good job just make it look better. Any suggestions on whether to do it or not? Or what ways to do it? I was thinkin about grinding off all the rust, putting a rust preventative primer on it and filling it with bondo. Another concern is getting a rattle can paint job on this part of the hood blended into the rest of the paint and to still look decent.



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This thread might help: https://dodgeforum.com/m_813981/tm.htm
I just fixed up some surface rust on my rear quarter panels. It's not too hard.

 

Thanks that looks like everything i would need to know. Do you think it would be worth trying it? Or just sell the van how it is?

 

try it the worst that can happen is you take too much off and have to use a little more bondo, good luck

 

Just a thought..If the repair doesn't look right and the buyer notices then he may question what else you might have tried to fix, but he see the little bit of rust he will see everything the van has to offer...

 

that's a good point i didn't think about that. maybe i'll just leave it. or see what my parents think. it's there money anyways i was just trying to help em maybe get a little more out of it. also the more they get out of it the more i get towards a cheaper car. i live about 40 minutes from my college and come home on weekends to work but they don't want me to have my truck at school cause it's too nice.

 

That's well within the realm of fixable. You'll see once you get into it. Here's the secret to the spray can paint job...
1.) Get the primer right. If the primer looks good, the paint will look good. If there's a run in the primer or it's doesn't blend right, sand it and redo it. Otherwise it's gonna look like some ******* spray painted on it. Then get yourself a scrotch bright pad and use it to scuff up your entire hood (not the part you just primed). Then you clearcoat the entire hood a couple of times. It will look brand new.

Here's some before and after pictures of my rear bumper before and after I redid it.

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After:




It's easy stuff. Just go slow, take your time, and be patient.

 

Dude, that fix looks really good. It matches very well. I'm going to get the rust on the bottom of my driver door fixed soon, hopefully before winter. I just don't think that I would have the patience to do it myself. But you never know until you try, and you can always redo it I guess.

 

Thank you. The best part is you can take as long as you need to on it too, provided you don't leave any exposed metal. But if you just gotta cover it up, spray a crappy coat of primer on it, and you can sand it off later.
I'm sure I could do a better job on it now, but it was the first time I'd ever used fiberglass putty before, and you can definetly tell where I had to use alot of it.

 

Nevertheless, it looks pretty good. I bet it was a lot cheaper than the $250 I was quoted to just get the bottom of my door fixed too.