What to use to paint metal black?

> I don't know if this is home repair or not, but you are the best guys
> to ask, and I park my car right next to my home. =EF=BF=BDMy apologies if=

> is off topic.
> If I "paint" metal with a black indelible marker, and it doesn't look
> good 6 months from now, will I still be able to paint it with real
> metal paint, like maybe I should do it now????? =EF=BF=BDI'm feeling
> off-sorts, and it just seems so much easier to use a marker, and
> there's no chance of spilling the paint.
> Details:
> The imitation louvers at the rear side of my car's hood are no longer
> all black. More than half of it is grey. =EF=BF=BDI guess all the paint i=

> gone. (AFAICR, it was all fine a year or 6 months ago, but I suppose
> that's unlikely.) =EF=BF=BD
> They are metal, and normally I would think to use metal paint, but in
> this case, it seems the easiest thing to do is use a black indelible
> marker, like a Sharpie. =EF=BF=BDI've been using indelible markers for a =

> of things in the last few years** but none as big as this. =EF=BF=BDI hav=

> more than one brand of black marker. So I think I can match the color
> and I think =EF=BF=BDthe finish will match fine, or I'll just do the whol=

> louver.
> If it doesn't look good after a while, will I still be able to paint
> it????? =EF=BF=BD
> It's a 95 chrysler with hidden wipers so there is no need for real
> louvers. =EF=BF=BDI expect to have the car another two years.
> **I painted a brass and pot metal candelabra with a gold indelible
> marker and it still looks good years later. I only clean it under hot
> water, and the part I clean is real brass. =EF=BF=BDThe part I "painted" =

> never have gotten wet. =EF=BF=BD(It was bought right after the war when b=

> items were hard to get. =EF=BF=BDI had the pot metal part replated once
> already. I think maybe I only painted part that broke and I repaired
> with PC-7.)
> My grey synthetic cloth case for my small camera got dirty, as I knew
> it would, going in and out of my pocket over and over on my vacation,
> and I "painted" the whole thing black with a marker. So far, it looks
> good.
> A couple other things I don't remember now.

> I don't know if this is home repair or not, but you are the best guys
> to ask, and I park my car right next to my home. My apologies if this
> is off topic.
>
> If I "paint" metal with a black indelible marker, and it doesn't look
> good 6 months from now, will I still be able to paint it with real
> metal paint, like maybe I should do it now????? I'm feeling
> off-sorts, and it just seems so much easier to use a marker, and
> there's no chance of spilling the paint.
>
> Details:
> The imitation louvers at the rear side of my car's hood are no longer
> all black. More than half of it is grey. I guess all the paint is
> gone. (AFAICR, it was all fine a year or 6 months ago, but I suppose
> that's unlikely.)
>
> They are metal, and normally I would think to use metal paint, but in
> this case, it seems the easiest thing to do is use a black indelible
> marker, like a Sharpie. I've been using indelible markers for a lot
> of things in the last few years** but none as big as this. I have
> more than one brand of black marker. So I think I can match the color
> and I think the finish will match fine, or I'll just do the whole
> louver.
>
> If it doesn't look good after a while, will I still be able to paint
> it?????
>
> It's a 95 chrysler with hidden wipers so there is no need for real
> louvers. I expect to have the car another two years.
>
>
> **I painted a brass and pot metal candelabra with a gold indelible
> marker and it still looks good years later. I only clean it under hot
> water, and the part I clean is real brass. The part I "painted" may
> never have gotten wet. (It was bought right after the war when brass
> items were hard to get. I had the pot metal part replated once
> already. I think maybe I only painted part that broke and I repaired
> with PC-7.)
>
> My grey synthetic cloth case for my small camera got dirty, as I knew
> it would, going in and out of my pocket over and over on my vacation,
> and I "painted" the whole thing black with a marker. So far, it looks
> good.
>
> A couple other things I don't remember now.

>
> My grey synthetic cloth case for my small camera got dirty, as I knew
> it would, going in and out of my pocket over and over on my vacation,
> and I "painted" the whole thing black with a marker. So far, it looks
> good.
>
> A couple other things I don't remember now.

> I used indelible marker on my kitchen wall once, for a particularly
> important message to my husband....I had painted the kitchen myself
> with Ben Moore alkyd semi-gloss. Hubby was able to remove all
> traces of the marker and left no scratches :o)