I have a scratch on my door jam, it went right to the metal, about 1inch x 1/32 inch. I was PISSED when it happend.

This happend about a week after I got my brand new 04 civic coupe and so i did not want it to rust so i applied honda NBP touch-up paint right away (in like 20mins after scratch happend)

but now im reading in some places that anti-rust primer is to be used on bare metal, is this true in all occasions, or only when there is rust already??

im starting to think i should somehow strip the two coats of touch-up paint i applied and re-do it, primer, paint and then clear coat.

I dont want to make it look worse than it already does, i was thinking either use a dremel or thinner to remove the paint, masking it off before i do anything since the area is quite small.

Its inside the door jam, at this point im worried about rust not asthetics.

Should I just leave it as is and not worry about the primer or strip it and re-do it???

thanks!

 

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