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You could take the hardware off and polish it up, then have the shell clearcoated, polyurethaned, epoxied, etc. Or, if you trust yourself to do the work, you could even buy a roll of clear laminating film and wrap it. Put one of the original heads back on as the bottom of the bucket. This is a cool idea! Be sure to come back with updates.