Redone Weathervane

As you can see by pictures that the Balls were weathered and broken and not repairable. So my first step was to clean the metal. I used 20 grit sand paper so I did not want to take away from the orignal texture of metal.After that I washed it down with water mixed with some Joy liquid soap. I put aside and let dry for 24 hours. Then I sparyed with black flat out door paint.You need to take your time with spray paint so you dont get paint runs. I put on 3 light coats.I let the painted parts set for 24 hours.Then I added two coats of laqure.This took care of the metal parts.Had to figure out how to replace balls.I went to Home Depot found nothing. Then tryed Lowes still nothing. What to do. Then one night I went to a auction and low and behold there thy were. A seller had yard ornament that were made out of a hard plastic. So I was able to get them cheep anly 2.00 each. The next day I was able to drill 1/2 in. holes in them to fit post.Well let me know what you think.The total cost for this project was 22.50.