I was tired of looking at the dull and scratched aluminum magazines on my all black AR. After doing some research on the web I was not too happy with the different paints they were using. So I stopped into Lowes and Auto Zone. Lowes was a little cheaper on the truck bed coating. Lowes has rust-oleum auto zone has dupli-color. I figured this stuff is tough and wont scratch off, plus the texture would make switching mags or grabbing with gloves much easier. I put two coats on 7 mags and am very happy with the results, there is no change in the function of the mag! This could be done on any mag and the can did two coats on 7 of mine and there is still more in can (guess I have to buy more!) I would post pictures but you cannot see the texture in any of the pictures I took, so just use your imagination and do a search for black magazines.