My original recirculating heater was kind of a bluish green with a tiny bit of metallic. I tried to get it matched, but didn't get that close. The majority of them appeared to be a bronze hammered finish. Lots of guys use Rustoleum Hammered bronze paint. I got a can of that and may go with that when I get to that point in restoring the heater. I believe that Rustoleum used to have a light bronze, but it appears only dark hammered bronze is available now. Link

Here's a picture of one of the defrost nozzles on my bluish-green heater.

[on edit]The Hammerite paint that Deve used (WE b OLD's link) was a good match to the original, but unfortunately the whole line of Hammerite paint has been discontinued. If you could find a dusty can at an old hardware store that might be the ticket, but good luck on that.
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Last edited by klhansen; 11/13/2023 4:56 AM. Reason: can't spell

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