I have just noticed several small and not so small chips on my hood (one even has some rust). What can I do to stop them from spreading?

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i used some stuff made by turtle wax, i got it at autozone. its made for taking out scratches and stuff. you just wax on, wax off, and they have a stick for seep scratches. it helped out alot on my car, sein how its a black max with white dings, and i got the black turtle wax stuff, theyre there but not as noticeable

 

the dings are down to metal and starting to rust (ever so slightly so far). I doubt that Turtle Wax will do it. Someone mentioned it could still be covered by the car's corrossion coverage, is it true?

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no its not wax its made by them its a scratch remover

 

IMO other than using touch up paint, that's all your can do. It's down the metal? I'm really sorry about that...that really stinks.

But use touch up paint to stop corrosion, and if your hood gets really bad, I guess have it repainted?

I can't think of any other options. It would be a different story if there were just chips on the hood, that weren't too deep. You could polish and wax it, and things would be a little better.

 

When I lived in the San Jose, CA area, I saw an autobody shop that claimed they had a chip repair process that would be virtually undetectable. Some special airbrushing technique with properly matched paint. Seemed to be a very effective process (described in the brochure). You'd think this would be in high demand, but... I have yet to find any autobody shops in the NY/CT area that can do this (called about 5 of them). I'm surprised, given the amount of road debris out there these days.

Anyway, if you have rust spots, you should definitely do the following:
1) Lightly sand the rust spot and apply a small amount of rust remover. Clean up afterward.
2) Apply small drops of primer. Let dry.
3) Apply touch-up paint. Let dry.

It won't look perfect, BUT it should save your car from the rust spreading any further.