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The metal portions of my inner quarter panels have rusted over a bit from 32 years of leaky weatherstripping (well, they *probably* didn't leak from the factory, but anyway...) and I would like to restore them. I have purchased a can of the correct interior color paint and need some advice on how to prep the panels. Here's what one of them looks like:
The problem is that the metal is textured and if I sand them, they will lose this texture. So does anyone have any advice for prepping these panels in such a way that the paint will stick but the texture will be preserved?

The problem is that the metal is textured and if I sand them, they will lose this texture. So does anyone have any advice for prepping these panels in such a way that the paint will stick but the texture will be preserved?