I decided to keep some texture because without texture, it's boring
Now here is a close up and what your seeing is the surface with water based wood finish for a hard shell for protection. Acrylic Primer, Acrylic Latex paint, then Acrylic finish
now the next thing on my agenda is a complete redo of the metal bar paint
As you can see the paint is chipping away, flaky and just plain bad and peeling.
These are going my aides (the good kind) and both are advertised to be best on aluminum. Only missing is mineral spirits but she's too busy stripping ;)