The time has come...And lasts to long. Help?

It looks mainly surface rust...but i'm really not sure at all. that's my knowledge for ya!

On the bright side, If it is pitted and i do end up having to bondo...It'll be good experience to work bondo with something small like that, Then i'll kind of know what i'm doing on something more important if it is needed.

 

If it's surface rust you can use steel wool and a tiny bit of engine oil or spray it with penetrating lube and scrub it, works very well if it's just surface rust.. Yu have may heard in the past use SOS pads and water.. Oil works 100x better

 

I may try the chemicals and the wool -- See which one i like better--, Not going to resort to a new cleaner unless i absolutely have to anymore. Besides...For a kid with no experience doing this kind of stuff, It's a part to get me experience and not really a big deal if i mess up. It doesn't have to look beautiful, my hood is only open when i check my fluids anyway!

 

Hey no worries I'm a kid myself pretty much, only 22... Did everything myself so I learned a little

 

I just turned 18 in june, And that's the one thing i hate about asking my dad for help on the car...His "Helping" is just doing it...And i dont learn anything from that. That's why 99% of the time, If my grandpa knows how to do it i ask him to help, He sits in the chair and watches and helps me do it right, but makes me do it all.

 

One last thing i just remembered....How difficult would it be to find a new wing nut for the cleaner? i see them all the time at autozone but dont recall one similar to mine.

 

if the pits aren't be too deep, I would (after removing the rust) prime it then fill the pitted areas with "glaze" then sand smooth. Thin layers of glazing putty can be used to fill slightly low spots or pinholes that remain then the glazing putty can then be sanded with 400-grit or finer sandpaper to smooth the cover.

 

Hmmm...Okay, Can i get glaze at any auto store usually?

 

Yes. You can find it near the auto body materials.

 

my dad refuses to do anything for me, he'll let me know how its done but that's it.. he will maybe watch but he lets me go at it because if i don't do it, ill never learn

 

I wish my dad was more like that sometimes...However when i am in a real hurry i dont say anything...i know it'd take me longer than it would him

 

with that outlook...just paint what you have and close the hood...

as a matter of fact...it looked good to start with...with the hood closed...

 

Haha, Well..I already have the stuff to do it...And i want it to eventually look decent enough to open the hood sometimes...never know when people will walk by and i'm working under there! ;D it cant look like a complete rust bucket.