painting interior, to prime or no?

[hungrymonkey]

Seems that no matter how thin of a coat I lay down with a rattle can, I end up filling the factory textured metal and making it smooth on the doors.

anyone have success with spraying over bare metal?

 

[Red5oh]

Use a very thin metal sealer... not really primer and use the laquer paint... that will be very thin and what I did.... you can easily see all the marks in the metal.

 

[zookeeper]

I used House of Kolor epoxy on mine, same as the car. I put two good coats on it, no sanding (obviously) then shot Omni satin black over it. I would never paint anything without primer, period.

 

[Red5oh]

the sealer is a 'primer' but not a bulk building paint... its not 'sandable'. I hope I have explained it well, but what you suggest is a good idea as well.