Q: What can you tell me about painting rusty metal? I want a fast-and-easy method to repaint an assortment of things in my garage and shed. Do you have to remove all the rust before you paint?

From creaky brass door hinges to antique silver, you can rehabilitate the metal in your home with some cheap tools and simple techniques.

Preserving the existing finish, rust and all, would also preserve the remaining gray paint, which could be evidence that the artist in Haiti was improvising by using metal that had a former life ...

Even with the best paint job, a tiny imperfection due to a rock chip or scratch can allow water to migrate to the metal, causing rust, which if left untreated can lead to panel rust-through.

It’s still not done yet, but [James] can already see the paint on the metal flaking off and rust clearing up.

If you don’t correct surface rust and you allow that decomposition to penetrate further into the metal, you may see bubbles start to form in your car’s paint. This is because iron oxide ...

but instead of being painted to protect the metal, a thin layer of rust is doing that job. "That's a material called weathering steel," said Thomas Feeney, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike ...