tins

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I don't know if I'm just being too picky or what, but...
I've been making a bunch of those altered Altoids/AOL/etc. tins. I sand them down to bare metal finishing with a very fine grit sandpaper, and then paint them with auto body paint (thinking it's got to be more durable) before I do whatever I'm going to do with the top.
The problem is this: The paint on the area where the cover snaps down over the bottom when the tin is closed always wears off, obviously from the opening and closing of the tin. Is this unavoidable, or is there something I can do about it? Yeah, it only shows when the tin is open, but still...I know it's a minor thing, but it really bugs me, and I don't want to sell something I think needs improvement.