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<p>[QUOTE="Fern77, post: 4491479, member: 16131"]You can't remove the rust without damaging the paint on that area, but you can control the damage using masking tape and a steady hand with the sandpaper. I don't see great damage, from the pics, so if it's touch ups only you should be fine. If the paint is bubbling from rust beneath that paint, there might be no way around striping and painting the whole thing. I don't see immense value as is here anyway (sorry). To preserve some of the originality, you might want to have a can of paint prepared to match the original color (if you can determine that that is actually the original color), or, maybe just go to a "spirit of the age" color that you like. Don't worry about the toxicity of the paint unless you do a hundred thousand of these, and inhale all of the dust. Your trusty covid mask should keep you safe. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fern77, post: 4491479, member: 16131"]You can't remove the rust without damaging the paint on that area, but you can control the damage using masking tape and a steady hand with the sandpaper. I don't see great damage, from the pics, so if it's touch ups only you should be fine. If the paint is bubbling from rust beneath that paint, there might be no way around striping and painting the whole thing. I don't see immense value as is here anyway (sorry). To preserve some of the originality, you might want to have a can of paint prepared to match the original color (if you can determine that that is actually the original color), or, maybe just go to a "spirit of the age" color that you like. Don't worry about the toxicity of the paint unless you do a hundred thousand of these, and inhale all of the dust. Your trusty covid mask should keep you safe. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]
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