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patching existing rust oluem

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hi
i.ve been scouring wiki and the masses on rustoleum paint jobs. but my problem is that my van has an existing rustoleum paint job from few owners back
I can spot a few bits starting to bubble where obviously issues with the seams hasn't been sorted.
has anyone tryed blending in a previous rustoleum job or will i have to do whole panels again???
this will be after i.ve got underneath and treated the seams
i.m not worried about looks at the mo just wanna stop the rot!
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The only reason to worry about blending the paint in is to keep the shade differences to a minimum, to compensate for fading of the original paint or differences between batches.

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that's not an issue, right...?
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Rustoleum does state that fading isn't a problem but you may see differences between batches. Providing you feather the edges in, you should be able to patch ok though.
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Re: patching existing rust oluem

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fantastic thats the news i wanted to hear, first job fix the source of the probs then ill go for it. thanks for advice
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