On Feb 19, 3:15 pm, Michael Bushey wrote:
The cover in our bathroom over the hot water base board has rust speckles.
The original paint job is factory bonded. Is there a way to repaint this and
remove the rust speckles without stripping down the whole thing?

If you can remove the rusted part, you could just rub it down with
phosphoric acid and steel wool and then wet-sand with 400 grit and
repaint.

The acid may or may not take off the factory finish, depending on what
it is.

If you really want it to look like new, you could have it
powdercoated, although a new heater is probably cheaper.

nate