Howdy folks,
Just brought in a 1910s - 1920s drum which was uncovered by a man in a neighbors shed. It was in "rough shape" when found so the guy who found it "cleaned it up" before getting in touch with me and working out a deal. Oh boy....
The pictures he emailed my way looked okay. Everything is there although the hardware appeared to have been spray painted silver. Ugh. But I've dealt with that before. Lacquer thinner will remove the paint and nickel polish will shine up the plating underneath. No huge deal.
But to my surprise, now that the drum is in my hands, no amount of lacquer thinner and or elbow grease does anything to the hardware. And upon closer inspection (and this hadn't even occurred to me earlier because I'd never seen this done before) it appears that the hardware has been powder coated!
I don't know how much of the original plating is left under the powder coating, but this stuff has to go! It's clearly not original and it just looks fake. So...
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REMOVE POWDER COATING FROM DRUM HARDWARE?!? Is there a non abrasive method that would salvage what plating may be left under the powder coating?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
-Lee
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