I do not have pictures of it sanded down to bare metal. I only sanded the top half where it was scratched and the metal itself was scratched, so going for a bare metal look would not work.

I used regular automotive paint. First using a scratch fill primer, the base silver coat, and then the clear.

A helpful hint when painting it is to do very light coats or you can easily fill in the numbers. In addition, do not press on the spray can button while pointing it at the ****. Start the spray off to the side and spray across the ****. The spray button should be at least 8 inches from the ****.