Thats all I did Scott, they did not know they could tint the hammertone and I said just do it, they said if it doesnt work you will still have to pay for the paint, yeah what ever, it works no worries, both paints are enamel, as said before you can get as fussy as you like with the finish useing putties fillers and stuff but they are a cast alloy base and the paint is fairly thick and fills a lot, I got my bases blasted with Garnet so I dont recon you will do much damage with a wire wheel but have not tried it either, why not use paint stripper first???
cheers.
