Gentlemen,
I need your thoughts/advice on removing automotive paint from this classic 60's Gretsch Champagne Sparkle kit.
Found this nice kit locally for $300. The seller was the original owner and drummer who acquired this kit as a kid in the early 60's. In the 70's, Gretsch CS was "not cool" in garage bands and in the bar scene, so feeling compelled to have a cooler kit, he took the 22,16 and 13 down to his Buddie's auto body shop and had it sprayed car lacquer white (significant improvement at the time :) Today though, we all know that this nice kit could use restoration. All the parts are there. Underneath all that white paint is a nice original champagne sparkle kit!
Her's my question: Since, I don't want to re-wrap this kit, have you or do you know of any way to remove lacquer from drum wrap? I have done furniture stripping taking paint from oak furniture using the chemical strippers with great results. I would pour paint stripper all over the wrap and remove the paint in a heart-beat as long as I knew the stripper would not destroy the wrap... heat gun, I dunno, help!
The owner removed the wrap from the 13 as you see.
I really appreciate the advice that can be gained here. Thanks in advance.
-kelly