Hey folks. This is in regards to some 6-ply b/o ludwig shells I picked up, you can read about em here: http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=22076
I decided to start with the 16x24 kick drum. After removing the hardware, I used an old drill bit to shave down and remove the grommet, and used a heat gun to get the badge off.
I used a heat gun and putty knife to remove the old wrap, and then used xylene, some rags, and a scaper to get all the glue and adhesive off.
So far, I've taken a quick once over with an orbital sander to get any glue I may have missed.
The pictures show where am at right now.
Before I continue, there's a few question I have:
It's pretty clear someone has rewrapped this before, and did a pretty interesting sand job. You can see in one of the pictures there are 3 dark spots where they sanded down pretty much down to the next ply. They also did some weird sanding on the scarf joint. Unrelated, there happens to be one or two very slight and small dings to the shell.
My question is this: How round and even does the shell need to be for rewrapping? Because of the previous sanding job, there are a few "hump" areas I can feel when running my hand along it. Is this something I should try to patch with wood filler or epoxy, and then try to even out the contour with sanding? I'm assuming that with any dings I should be filling and sanding them down.
Any advice would be great! Thanks!