Hello all,
I stumbled across a CL add with George B Stone drum set which I'm going to look at tomorrow. What I know about the drums is that it is a snare, bass and chinese tom that were were long ago repainted blue/white duco. Having used Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer since I was a kid makes this kit interesting to me and the price seems reasonable, but the repaint job concerns me. My gut is telling me that I'm going to want to "restore" these drums to as close to original condition as possible. Being primarily a player and only recently starting to collect drums my only restoration experience has been light cleaning and polishing of my drum. I've done some stripping ands refinishing work around my house but from what I've read on the forum that experience seems only tangentially related. Assuming I did the work what would the rough time/cost be to strip and refinish these drums? Would it be possible to take off the top coat of paint only? Should I just leave it to a professional and what might that cost? Should I just leave them in the state that they are in? Any help/opinion are much appreciated.
thanks tom