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Hello!
Welcome Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to you! Sounds like a very nice drum kit. Good luck with the K Splash....nice little cymbal.
13 years agoNew post on Craigslist
I emailed the seller for more info. Good to get a more detailed look at this drum.
13 years agoNot Vintage - but nice.
Nice drums. Renown Motor City Red in Bop sizing 18/12/14 with 6" snare. MC Black/Blue or Red. I would have liked to see the snare in 4 or 4.5 x14 -...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
Thanks Mark Here's a short video clip I took at about 2am this morning right after I got the drum back together. The heads are untuned but I wanted t...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
Cleaning Finished: The drum has been ridden but it IS sweet! Took these in the wee hours of this morning in [COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]Santa's Work Sho...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
No John the Acetone worked perfectly - no gold removed and all the flat gold paint rubbed right off. All I did was soak a soft rag with Acetone (repe...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
Dang! What a bonehead I am. I have two copies (one hardcover autographed to me) of Chets Gretsch book. I should have looked in there right off. Than...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
THE BADGE Just got an answer to my question regarding why the badge is not gold plated. The badges were standardized back in the day - no matter what...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
No - I think what I'll do is cut this shell down and make a 7x13 snareDOH From thornbe...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
I don't know why the badge was not plated. That is one thing I am looking into asking. I've got most of the paint off the hardware. The drum has bee...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
Thanks - ya, I've used it on drum shells in the past but not on gold plating. There are mixed reviews on it...some say it will remove some of the gold...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
There be gold under the paint.... ACETONE AND LUG BATTLE I soaked one lug in Acetone - gently wrapped it in a soft cloth soaked a little in the stuff...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
Been searching on the Web regarding paint removal from gold plating. So far the best suggestion has been to use Acetone - wrapping the parts in soft c...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
Ya Mark - It'd be interesting to know.........especially the part where someone decided to paint the frigin hardware. It may have been a nice paint j...
13 years agoFloat Paint off Gold Plating - Help
The shell cleaned up nice but there are some rub marks - damage - here and there. I wonder where this drum has been - it would be good to know the hi...
13 years ago