Aup
I would strip the waint off, but try and make it as smooth as possible.
Car paint would be the best stuff, but dont buy cheap stuff, if you want to do a good job that will last you need good paint.
Just a little tip : Take your time and do alot of very thin layers of paint rather that puting all the paint on at once,
This will stop it dripping at all and,
If you just put all the paint on at once then as soon as you get a little scratch it will just flake making it pointless.
Sam