Painting Underside of ERA FIA Spare Tire Tray ?

[tkb289]

Looking at painting the underside of the spare tire tray on my ERA FIA to make is less noticeable. The inside surface is smooth gel coat white, the underside a cream colored resin with glass matting.







Leaning towards using a flat (or satin) black epoxy paint with brush rather than spray paint or spray on trunk liner, so there is no issue with overspray. Also, getting spray to the sides of the tray is a bit difficult in some areas due to the body being in the way.

In hindsight, it would have been simpler for me to have ERA paint the underside of the tray before it was installed. I asked them to keep bare so I could see how it looked, figured it was easy enough to paint after the fact. The car does not have many miles on it yet and has not seen rain or mud, so the surface is still fairly clean.


Questions:

- Surface prep & cleaning ?

- Type / brand of primer ?

- Type / brand of paint ?


Suggestions and comments welcome … thanks!