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I've painted a boiler before, back in 2012 and it still looks as good now as it did then.
This may sound like sacrilege but it was a Jensen boiler that needed a new plating job
but I wasn't going there.
I removed everything from the boiler and scuffed the surface lightly and evenly with 800
grit paper. Wiped it down with denatured alcohol, plugged the holes with corks and sprayed
it VHT Black paint. Once it dried I removed the corks and bake it in the oven at 250 degrees
for an hour. To me it looks good but I can always swap it out for nicer nickel one down the
road. It looks like this.

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