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Originally Posted by lazypucker
All I want is to get rid of the eyesore of rust. May be I should get a colour that is somewhat matching the original door and try to blend in as much as I can? How do I even know what is the colour code of my door so that I can go to Home Depot to get matching paint?
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Color wise, either you just eyeball it and grab something close, or gotta use color swatches.
Color codes and names can differ from brand to brand and they can display differently on a digital screen. I wouldn't rely on the code and names (I made this mistake once and it was a completely different color). When selecting paint, you may also need to consider that sometimes there's options like matte/gloss etc.
I think you can always borrow swatches from a hardware/paint store and then bring it back. I think if you take a pic with your phone, you can get the specific color range of swatches you need vs an entire booklet of all the colors?
If it were me (as a practical vs proper method and I'd consider myself capable, not a handyman though), I'd consider using something like CLR to clean off the rust without wrecking the paint around it? Once dry, use a spray paint can that's close in enough in color, use painters' tape to do a straight line and spray paint the bottom 1-2 inches? (slight discoloration if color is slightly darker might just just look like some dirt that splashed up or something).
Using the above method, I don't know if you could also in theory just clean off the rust and get a clear coat to seal it and avoid it rusting again? (although it might reflect light in a funny way)
Proper way might be to clean/sand and then paint it with a proper outdoor paint and also attempt to apply a feathering technique?