Ok, so I recently removed some Psych Red wrap from a 67-68 drum that I am going to use to re-wrap a snare or two. MAIN PROBLEM: drum was in rough rough shape and when I removed the wrap, some of the outer mahogany ply came off (in strips) with the wrap. I used a heat gun and went slow but the outer ply just fell apart. Luckily the drum is useless to me. I need to know how to remove the wood from the wrap without hurting the wrap. It's going to be very sensitive to cracking.
PS - The drum I took the wrap off of was an original 20" Psych Red Floor Tom. Dont worry, it was pretty much destroyed so I didn't ruin a perfectly good RARE floor tom.
-Beau