Whoa Mike! Nice job getting that Butcher Block off my shell! It looks perfectly flat, unwarped, and undamaged. Something I could never do when using a heat gun. Can't wait to see the drum you rewrap with that.

You pose a good question, and I'm waiting to see what the rewrapping experts say. We all have our favorite chemical or abrasive method of removing adhesives from shells (as discussed in this thread), but I haven't see much on cleaning the backs of old wraps. Unlike wood shells, I would imagine that just about any chemical stripper is going to eat into the wrap. What's left for options? Slow, tedious sanding?

Mike

I have used a critic based remover and let it sit for a while. In my case (Rogers Big R shells), it would turn a white-ish color as it reacted with the shell. I tried using a metal and plastic putty knife with poor results. The best scrapper I found was dragging (angled back toward me) a wide sharp wood chisel backwards at an angle over the surface. It doesn't dig into the wood that way, and the surface stays safe. Sanding for the small amount of residue left was best in the final cleanup.

Thanks Mike

It actually took about 2 hours of very slow and methodical applications of low heat on and off the wrap and rocking the putty knife back and forth while pushing it forward to loosen up the glue on the wrap.

I think i'll give Goo Gone a shot to see if that will work on the glue without damaging the wrap.

Will have the shell in a UPS box on its way back to you when I am in CT the week of the 21st.

Thanks again my friend ! Clapping Happy2

That butcher block wrap looks like the cortex stuff which is like a thin plastic laminate ( Formica). I cant see any of the solvents mentioned causing any harm to that stuff. If it were regular Delmar wrap then that would be different.

Thanks Jeff !

I used Goo Gone along with a razor blade and putty knife.

Put the G-G liquid on and let it sit for about 5-min the slowly scraped off the glue. Afterwards I wiped it down with a soapy rag then one with just water to remove the residual G-G solvent. Worked pretty well and it appears as though 90+ % of the glue came off.

So what drum are you using this wrap on? Im interested to see how that goes, could you post some pictures of that project please.

Hey Jeff

I am going to use it on a Rogers shell since it came from a Rogers drum. Still need to do some research on how to cut the wrap down to a workable size so I do t destroy it and the butcher block lines end up being straight. Then will need to properly trim it etc. I've never wrapped a drum with the Formica type material so any hints would be great.

I also am buying a 70's era piece of Ludwig B-block wrap from another member that I will use to rewrap a 70's Ludwig orphan snare shell with.

I am thinking of goi g to HD to get a piece of generic Formica to play with so I can get how to do it right before doing it on there drums.

Will post pictures when the 2 projects are finished

Hi Michael. Few years ago I was working on a project that would remove paint from drum wraps easily. Some worked some didn't. But my original concoction did remove old glue from a 50's Gretsch WMP clean as a whistle! Was a mix of water miscible press wash and water. I have a good citrus based glue remover I use at work. I'll get the name. Been meaning to try this on some old glue.

Well I work with plastic laminates on cabinets and also I can tell you is it's done with contact cement and trimmed with a flush trim bit on a router. Wrapping a drum is going to be a little different of course. I would think you would need to rip the laminate to size on a table saw before you it hear it because it's very hard to cut with a utility knife and I'm sure you can do it. And I do know that formica is much thicker then the cortex wrap.

Some of the words in my reply didn't come out right because I was using my phone. I'll try to get on my PC later and give a better response.