I just recently took a steel frame to bare metal and repainted and built it back up. While it looks nice from a distance, the paint is soft and I have some issues with how it went on. I didn't have a proper location to do the painting. Oh did I mention its a huge pain in the butt? After I stripped the paint using terrible chemicals, I learned of a place that would sand blast the whole thing for $50. Which is way less then the cost of chemicals/supplies plus all the labor to do it. They also do powder coating but I didn't get a quote on that. I used this more as a learning experience. If I end up keeping the frame, I'll probably just powder coat it once all the paint rubs off enough.