Larry, welcome to the club. We have all kinds of diverse members AND their kettles here. Cookers, lookers, originals, restorations, customs, and rat-rods! The common bond is that we all love our Webers!
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I for one would love to hear/see how well the paint held up. If we ever discover a magic combination of preparation and paint type I think we will see some impressive custom kettles.