[Steve149]

My dash tin on my 149 is in fairly good shape with the exception of decals worn off and the black painted portions much the same. I saw on here a while back a thread about repainting this which brings me to the question Is the dash tins aluminum or thin sheet steel? I know I could solve that riddle with a magnet, but aluminun needs a pretreatment before paint will stick to it properly. I was at one of the box stores over the weekend and noticed that Krylon makes a flat black paint that has a hammered finish, this may work well for this. If it is aluminum, what is the best underlying treatment? and what do you guys use to polish up the shiny areas that aren't painted???

thanks!!!!