Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I appreciate the education in painting
metal :)
One additional thing though... remember the paint on these panels is
textured. That's why the guy mentioned using a chipguard covering. I think
he said they made two different spray on chipguard types, one for rough
texture and one for small finer texture. I know that this texture wouldn't
match the surrounding paint exactly, but hopefully it would be close enough
that it wasn't obvious from a few feet away.
Jay West