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Question about minor under hood body work

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I am going to have the underhood of my fox painted in the next few weeks. I want to get it prepped for paint. I already washed it down with a commercial degreaser. I have a little bit of surface rust on the strut tower, and down where the sway bar mounts. Its not rotted just pitted and rusted. Should I wire wheel it to get all of the rust out and then clean it again with the degreaser? And then when its all clean should I spray the anti rust stuff on. What kind of bondo or putty should I put over it?, and then sand it down? Its been awhile since I've done any body work so I am just trying to get it down again. thanks
 
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no body tips?
 

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u want to clean all the rust to the bare metal and i would put some stuff on it that kills the rust, i did this to my car i got it from napa and u brushed it on
 

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and after u put that stuff on, if these spots are visable i would scuff the spots up again and put body filler over it
 
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