As today was a beautiful day, I finally got around to handwashing my 2000 S40. In the process, I discovered two little rustspots on the hood, right underneath the grill. There are two small nicks there, so obviously the saltcrap from the roads in the last few weeks must have caused this. They're very small (barely larger than just the little nicks), but obviously they're not a good thing.

Any suggestions on the best way of getting rid of this? Sanding it down and putting some touch up paint just sounds so..so bad :|

Thanks