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My Painted Luddy Tom Project

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Well I pretty much have mine done, still looking for a couple of parts but I think in general it's going to look really good.

This one had been painted black then someone wet sanded about a 1/4 of the paint off which left the wrap a little dull. It also had some overspray and splatter on the inside and on the hardware. I used a stripper to remove the paint and a 3m product and an orbital sander with a wool bonnet to polish the finish back to a really nice shine and then waxed it.

Ok...now for some tricks...Wanna get crud off of your hardware easily, use EagleOne wheel cleaner with a sponge or electric tooth brush. Eagle one makes a few wheel cleaners, use the Mag wheel cleaner for general parts and the Chrome wheel cleaner for chrome parts. I then use turtle wax chrome polish/rust remover for the final go, if you have any residue on the hardware use clear amonia to really make it shine!

30's Radio King - 26, 13, 13, 16
49 - WFL Ray McKinley - 26, 13, 16
58 - Slingerland Duco
58 - Slingerland Krupa Deluxe
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 20, 12, 14
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 22 (need), 13, 16
And some others..
Posted on 14 years ago
#1
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Looks great !!

Thanks for the tips !!

Which stripper did you use to remove the paint?

Thanks

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
#2
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I would rather not say for fear that someone will mess up their finish with a product that I use/used.

30's Radio King - 26, 13, 13, 16
49 - WFL Ray McKinley - 26, 13, 16
58 - Slingerland Duco
58 - Slingerland Krupa Deluxe
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 20, 12, 14
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 22 (need), 13, 16
And some others..
Posted on 14 years ago
#3
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From GoneDrumming

I would rather not say for fear that someone will mess up their finish with a product that I use/used.

Yep, I understand

A tricky road, that one.... I know I'm not ready to go there yet !

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
#4
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wow,really good job.i had to take off black paint from a 50's ludwig floor tom once.it had white marine pearl under it.i should of kept that drum.but i used acitone to get it off (and before anyone replies with "wtf"...,it was a last result and don't recomend anyone doing the same unless you have to)

i had to be real easy using it,but it all came off and i buffed out the wrap on a buffing machine made to buff chrome in a industrial shop.and it looked like new!

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Posted on 14 years ago
#5
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I used 3M's safest stripper to remove black paint off of my WMP floor tom. It worked very well too. I experimented on how long to leave the stripper on. I think I ended up with 10 minutes and it came right off. I cleaned up the last bit with laquer thinner then had my body shop friend polish it with 3M's plastic headlight polish. It turned out way way better than I ever hoped for.

I used a plastic scraper.

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 14 years ago
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