My neighbor's kid just asked me why we don't just paint over rust

I was cleaning up after a job on my driveway, and the 10-year-old from next door was watching. He pointed at a fender I had set aside and said, 'If you just paint it red, you won't see the brown stuff anymore.' I tried to explain filler and metal work, but he just shrugged and said it seemed like a lot of extra steps. It hit different because his logic was so simple and wrong, but for a second I saw the whole job through his eyes. It was just a weird shape that needed to be a single color. Ever have a conversation that made a basic part of the job sound completely absurd?

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jamie7122mo agoMost Upvoted

My dad tried that on his truck once and the paint bubbled in a week.

samward2mo ago

Florida sun baked that clear coat right off.

aaronf4014d ago

Oh man, same thing happened to me with a cheap spray can. Learned that lesson the hard way too, your mileage may vary with that stuff.