Your steel may look shiny after knocking the visible rust ... As with fixing surface rust, paint and clear-coat your repaired spot, then buff to blend it in with the rest of the car.

"We are not art experts at Rust-Oleum, we're paint experts," says Natalie Klemko, product manager at Rust-Oleum. "So throughout this entire process, from the can design, the names, the colors ...

you can make your car look much better and prevent further rust formation without an expensive trip to the body shop. Here’s how. Duplicolor has simple paint touch-up kits that you can buy at ...