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Rogers crack repair
http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=27170 I had just asked the same think. This guy suggested a 2 part epoxy, I found the loctite plast...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
UPDATE: Bass drum has been glued, sanded and polished. Hardware has been remounted. My unfortunate discovery is that the threading on the wing scre...
13 years agoCrack in WMP wrap & T Rod Questions
Update: I glued the crack, it ain't necessarily pretty but it will do for now. Maybe I'll nail polish it later. I just wanted to make sure that the...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
From kevins...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
Some "during" pictures. Forgot that I had to get a glue syringe (which after looking everywhere I finally found 1 way overpriced in a hobby/craft stor...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
Bass before pictures, part 2 [including the set-o-matic (thanks again kevins) tom holder]. -Mike
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
Here is the 22" bass "before" pictures. This drum was pretty beat up. Like I said earlier, it seems like the front head was left off for years. Had...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
For the toms yes a good cleaning. For the bass not quite. Wait until you see the pictures. Theres a small crack In the finish but awful bearing edges....
13 years agoCrack in WMP wrap & T Rod Questions
I have been following the bottle directions too but with the crack I was curious exactly how auto.pilot approached it. Now that I think of it, would...
13 years agoCrack in WMP wrap & T Rod Questions
Ok, So I bought me some Blue Loctite for the lugs and it seems to have worked pretty well (even though I was wiping up a lot of excess). While I was...
13 years agoCrack in WMP wrap & T Rod Questions
For those of you following my Slingerland restoration, I decided to throw these questions out here separately so they weren't buried in the long post....
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
16" Tom - AFTER!!! Again, I am pretty pleased with the work. More pitting on the rims than the 13" but from afar you can't even tell! Besides, it is...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
16" Floor Tom - BEFORE Not too many photos, I forgot to take closeups before I stripped the drum. This finish required more love than the 13". -Mik...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
Hey guys, Thanks for all of the kind responses, I really do appreciate it! On all of the chrome I used blue magic metal polish cream (bought it at...
13 years agoMy First Restoration: Mid-Late 70’s Slingerland WMP
Hey Adam, It seemed like after cleaning it with simple green that the Novus was almost redundant. Probably my eyes but I'll just use Novus 2. Stupi...
13 years ago