Hello!

I finally did a hand-wash of my car yesterday, and found some things that I didn't especially want to find.

First, I've got a few chips in the paint that apparently went down to bare metal, 'cause there's some surface rust in these spots. They're all little pinholes; nothing big at the moment. Even though I live in a relatively rust-free environment, I presume that I should get the rust out of there...only problem there is that the only way I know of to remove rust is to sand it down to shiny metal, and if I do that here, I presume that I'll need to repaint the whole car (something that's not financially possible), so are there any other ways to keep the cancer from spreading?

Second, if the first doesn't include painting over those spots or whatnot, what should I do with the rest? There are scratch marks (mostly little, but there are some that go down to the primer); will all those go away with rubbing compound and enough elbow grease? Also, will the rubbing compound get rid of sap? I've got some spots that baby oil didn't want to remove.

I'm sure I have some more questions on this but nothing more comes to mind...any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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2001 VW Jetta TDI, 5 speed, daily driver
1991 Ford F-350, work in progress
1984 Ford F-250 4x4, 6.9l turbo diesel, 5 speed manual
Previous oilburners: 1980 IH Scout, 1984 E-350, 1985 M-B 300D, 1979 M-B 300SD, 1983 M-B 300D
Spark-free since 1999