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For a finish you can wire buff it then but a wax fininsh on. I use Johnson's floor paste wax on stuff like this and do it while the piece is around 400-500F. I like the snail, nicely done.

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cute snail old boiler ! bet the little girl loved it :) the long eye stalks are great :) as for finish, you could even let her paint this one ? id have loved to do that as a little girl...i like how youve left light showing through in the coil

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Thanks for the replies.

Letting her paint it was the easy option :) I wire brushed it but could have wire wheeled it.

I don't think she knew what to make of it, with no batteries.

It's now in her dolls house.

Jim.

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boiler - it might take time to sink into her 'modern child' brain wiring, but it will have slow burn impact like all the best things :) her dolls house is a great place for the snail - its already a character in her imaginative world - the finish will prob be the last thing on her mind when he is doing his thing:)

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