Here's a great example of using a small tumbler with aquarium gravel, hot water and Dawn dishwashing liquid.

Tumbled them for about 8-10 hours. Only downfall was the gravel got stuck in the inserts. Easily removed with a small punch and the tap of a hammer.

The last photo is after tumbling.

Nice project. I am doing the same thing, cleaning up parts. Still dont have a tumbler though.

I found mine at Harbor Freight, I use it for tumbling coins and things I find with my metal detector. I tried it for the first time on these and was very please with the results. Tumbler runs less than $50.00.

Here's the shell after Novus 1. The amount of fade is not that bad, when everything is covered, it will look nice. I may go over the shell with Novus 2 on a small area to see if it changes the fade much.

That Novus is amazing stuff! Lookin good, and I think I might have to get a tumbler.

that's a gonna look like a new one bbk. great drum!

mike

Note and issue. When tumbling with gravel it gets stuck in holes, i.e. Inside the threaded inserts (easy fix with a punch and hammer) and also in lug screw holes (not so easy fix, still working on it)

Well done!

Creighton

Who is VintageDrumBum? LOL

Fixed! Thanks Blairndrums, little typo. It's Vinny