I got this paint twice. First, couple of years ago, I used it to paint the groves on some closet doors and a couple of drawer pulls. This time, I painted my black metal coffee and end table.When I painted the grooves on the doors, I bought an empty (new) lip gloss click pen and filled it with the paint for ease of application. It worked great on those groves. Still, it did take 3 thick coats and even 4 in some areas.For the end table, I did kilz primer first for adhesion then a million coats (5-See full review