I have two old crosman guns that had some kind of powder coat or really strong paint. They were massively pitted and I took hours and hours sanding and polishing them down to the metal. I then roughed up the surfaces with 600 grit sand paper and thoroughly degreased all parts. I then painted them with alamahyde black. It looked great but after waiting 2 weeks for it to set it started flaking off just from handling it. I'm not sure if I needed to rough it up with a coarser sand paper or if the 3 coats I gave it was too much or if the type of metal was just not having it but I really want to get these guns looking new again. I'm willing to do just about anything. If you know a better paint that's fine. If you think I need to get a sand blaster I'll do that. I just don't want to pay to have someone else do it if I can help it. Thanks guys I almost always figure out how to get projects done after getting advice here. - Raden