Help-Repainting a turntable


I have an older Well Tempered turntable which the black glossy paint has lost its lutre, plus has some chips in the wood. I just bought a 2nd Well Tempered so this one is out of service, I figure now would be an excellent time to repaint/restore.

Any suggestions on sanding/removing old paint, (wood filler?) and then what type of paint to use (spray paint/brush can?) ...I was considering taking it to an Auto body shop for a respray as well.

I think I may go Ferarri Red or Piano Gloss white
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I would use acrylic automotive paint. If not you could also use Rustoleum HardHat spray. It is much better than other spray paint and is available at Home Depot. Real Laquer is almost impossible to find.
thanks for your responses....

I went ahead and took some of your cues and Primed, sanded, filled, painted, painted, painted painted ......

sanded, ....painted.....and am now in the final stages of a Clear coat gloss.......

I ended up doing like 6 coats of primer, 8 coats of white gloss lacquer, and 8 coats of clear gloss lacquer

the table looks CONSIDERABLY better than before! using the Audiogon scale from a 5 to a 8 or 9!

I ended going to Ace, OSH , Longs Drugs, and Home Depot and settled on Rust-O-Leum Gloss Lacquer Spray paints and primer.....used 320 to strip the old finish and am using 400 to do the final sanding...
If you really want it to look great, keep going until you get through 1500 grit wet or dry used wet. Then polish with automotive swirl mark remover. You can obtain these items at an automotive paint store as well as the polishing cloths.