Will this Rogers snare be finished in polished brass?

If so.........cool.

sa

Yes, it is a 1981-82 Rogers Dyna-Sonic Polished Brass Edition. Few were made, 5x14 and 6.5x14. Only a few hundred were produced over 1981-83, it is being restored now. I knew it had issues when I bought it. I have had it almost 5 years, and just didn't have the nerve to attack the thing. Once the lacquer (hideously done by the way) was off, it looked even worse. I hate steel wool. Some nice drums have been ruined that way. And still...... even after nearly a generation on the internet and a host of drum forums, there are people who still recommend steel wool on chrome. You can only imagine what their drums look like.

The chrome drum...... is a 5x14. All the parts (excellent condition) are from a 6.5 about 500 numbers below it. 1968 year Dyna-Sonic. That shell came like that. The 6.5 was split and looked like it had been rolled down a very long flight of stairs.

Best to polish chrome using crumbled aluminum foil, dipped in chrome polish. Even using water as a lube for the foil works well. Will not take out existing scratches, but will shine it up and remove any existing crud or rust.

So I'm hearing an emphatic NO on steel wool. That's what I was thinking too. Thanks guys. I have polished chrome before using fine steel wool and metal polish and it came up well, but I wouldn't like to risk it on my super Ludwig shell. I never noticed any surface scratches after using this method, but obviously it does scratch the surface because it's steel wool. VDF to the rescue once again. Thanks all.

No steel wool sir.

I use a spinning wheel polisher with polishing compound.

Ploughman, the green felt gaskets are great.

The brass with the Green? very nice...........

sa

I second the crumpled aluminum foil suggestion. I combine it with diet cola. It is extremely effective, easy and I do not see any scratching to the chrome when using this method.

I'll third this method!

i use windex on a rag first then a good chrome polish i have used blue magic polish from autozone untill recently i bought some harleydavidson chrome bright polish in a tube its a paste and what a BIG difference (who knows better about chrome than good ole american made harleydavidson ) but the blue magic was a consumers best buy youre choice never use steel wool maybe on a kids bike rims

Never, never, never, never, never, never.....

Only micro fiber towels. Important that the surface is clean before you even start polishing. Get 15 or so mf towels. Use towel one for a hot water Dawn dish soap scrub. New towel, dry. New towel, wipe down with 99% rubbing alchol. If the towel is clean, ready to start polish. If not repeat above.

Grab two new towels. Find a chrome polish that is a cream. Polish goes on towel one, follow behind with towel two for buffing. These will be black. New towel, wipe shell with 99% alchol.

What the alchol wipe does is get off any dirty polish residue. If just polished again potential for scratches. Now it is back to polish/buff/clean until there is no longer any black residue in the MF towels.

Going to be about out of clean towels at this point. I wash them in hot water with just a few drops of soap. Not all of the black will come out of some. These are reused for rough clean, never final wax.

Waxing stage is pretty much the same as the polish. I like wipe on wipe off wax. Two mf towels, one gets the wax other follows behind for buffing. I do another alchol wipe after the first wax. Then follow with at least 3 coats.

With polishing and waxing, I get best results with firm pressure on the towel, change out often.

Hope this is of some help. Couple of pics of the Rogers Powertone. Using this approach. It is not done but getting close.

Creighton