Learn to live with it...It is part of the history of the drum now...

Cheers

+1

I know we all want to have our drums in pristine condition, but this type of "defect" should best be left as-is. Can you post pictures?

-Mark

Like this...

Embrace the mojo and play it!

Your drum looks pretty good to me! Like mendozart said, "Embrace the mojo and play it"!

You've got a great 402!

-Mark

A small piece of 3M foil aircraft tape would hide the blemish and blend in with the shell from 10 feet away, although the blemish itself is probably not visible from 10 feet away. Nice drum.

Worry more about the excessive splay pulling your head into the edges.

That's a very nice drum. I'd think a re-chrome would hurt the value by a lot.

Are there weld marks on the inside of the hoops? I have a '69 402 with welded hoops, but the weld is only visible on the inside of the hoop. ~1.6 mm hoops.

I'm usually a "leave it alone" guy but, why can't a rechrome be part of this drums history? You are not likely to find another, let alone actually buy it if you already have one. What's to say the rechrome hurts the value more than the removal of the school serial?

If it were just the school serial I'd say leave it for sure.

But before you commit to rechroming do some research, ask a professional and make sure that the scratches won't be visible after all that money and work.( Removing the badge dipping etc)

A crappy restoration always looks worse than a well worn survivor.