The washer picture was more to show how bad the rust was. The humidity was trapped inside and before I tried removing any of the hardware, I wanted to ask for advise to make sure I wasn't going to get in a situation where the head of the bolt would break off and it would be a nightmare to fix it (none of that happened. Once again this is my first "attempt" at a drum restoration and I thought maybe someone who would have had trouble with a breaking bolt head would have looked at the photo and told me "try this instead of a more obvious method to remove the hardware". But all of the hardware is now off the drum and i'm starting to clean the inside paint.
That`s good thinking and a great approach.
You`re at the right site, their are plenty here that have done many resto`s.
New washers and screws were suggested. That`s good advise, the old one`s will rust again and ruin the resto. If you go clear inside, the rust will go in the grain.
