Originally Posted by
tschoenb
can-o-strip
grind
epoxy fill
sand
prime
matte green
matte clear
the matte clear was weird, different smell (solvent), and it left a weird powder on the finish if it drifted down rather than being sprayed on. So I sprayed closer and too much. Then I was impatient. Its OK for now, but Ima gonna redo it in a couple of fortnights.
That sounds like a normal Matte finish. Try a semi-gloss paint on a piece of cleaned up scrap metal and see if that was what you were looking for.