Painting Metal TE Plate

So I’ve been using my TE with the metal plate only for a while and the grey coat is starting to wear out. So what i want to do is paint the metal plate just so I can have something nice to look at until I get my plexi and I was wondering if anyone could breakdown the steps or tips on what to do (type of paint, sanding, clear coat, suggestions, etc)

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Well by startin onto a <etal Surface i would go ahead clean it up with soap n water then spray a nice 2 coats of primer on it…then get whichever paint u want spray a few coats of that then clear coat it…then wet sand the clear with perhaps 1500 grit juss so u can take the orange peel out and then use rubbing compound/buffing material to bring that shine out lookin like a mirror!