Are you not tempted to rub the worst of it down and patch it in? The best way to prevent the spread of rust is to take the item back to bare metal and re-coat it.
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Are you not tempted to rub the worst of it down and patch it in? The best way to prevent the spread of rust is to take the item back to bare metal and re-coat it.