Cam,

I hadn't tried it on a head before... thanks for the tip!

However, I have used it removing glue residue from shells, and would like to offer this tip: DON'T use it on a shell with a more "pourous" (sp?) outer-ply like mahogany as it wants to soak into the grain of the wood. Works fine on somthing hard like maple, but is a pain to get off on mahogany.

Bill

It makes a mess out of coated heads (nothing ventured, nothing gained I erroneously thought).

I'd like to know how Jack Lawton gets the manufacturer's logo off coated heads. His reproduction vintage logo heads are outstanding. I've bought three "Rogers" heads from him and they look perfect.

Lacquer thinner takes the logo off a clear head in one swipe! I just learned this trick. Works well for removing paint off of wrap too, but some brands of thinner will start to melt the wrap if you leave it on for too long.

I'd be interested in how to take the logo off of a coated head as well if anyone has any tricks...

I'd also love to know!

I just finished a scenic design for a band that wanted the equivalent of huge antique typewriter keys that would light up. To complete the design we made the face of the keys out of 15" drum heads. Since we were working on a short time frame, I purchased coated Ambassadors as that was the only white head that was available in the necessary quantity (53). My crew used Acetone to remove the logos and said it worked fine. They did say that it was a fine line between cleaning off the logo stamp and removing the coating but it did work.