All bull aside,
Its best to clean it with Mag wheel cleaner and water, blow dry it, dont worry about the light rust forming while your drying it, no oil is to be present.
Its easy, lightly prime the surface with 2 pack primer, dont be too fussy, put 10% reducer with it and put on the rubber gloves and a paint brush and put 1 or 2 coats, it has to be thin to soak into the cast iron,
2 day later:Mix your 2 pack color and do the same , dont put any reducer though, 2 coats,2 hours between coats, while your waiting put the paint and brush in the fridge to slow it drying. but cover it with some cling wrap,that way the cook wont give you a hard time.
It works for me every time!Ive been doing machine parts like this for 16 years, no comebacks
Cheers Paull
PS if you want a chat about it contact me heven67@hotmail.com