Hi gang,Well it's been a long time since I've revived an ailing drum, but this one jumped out at me at a Southern Oregon flea market. Poor thing is such a mess, but I am a sucker for lost causes like this one. It looks like someone has painted the top head and rim white, red then black, and there's rust on the throw-off and tension rods. Little did they know the value of this drum.I was going to eBay this one up "as is" because it's been so long since I've worked on Ludwigs and I wanted to give someone the opportunity to refurb a vintage drum without much risk of screwing it up. I assumed they would rewrap the drum anyway.Well, my conscience got the better of me. I was worried that whomever bought it might have some unknown difficulty and I would feel like I should have known about the problem.I'm also worried that since it is such a rare drum to find that someone might try to "customize" it.It looks like it is all original parts and the rust seems to be surface rust only.My research (mostly here at VDF) has led me to believe this is a 1969 Jazz Combo. Can anyone confirm this for me?Any advice is greatly appreciated, even some, "what I would do" comments are also welcome.
I see no problem's with cleaning that drum up at all..To remove the rust of the part's Dawn soap..
To remove the paint from the rim's Goof Off..
The gold painted finish on the shell is right to me and it should clean up good.I will not repaint the drum at all..
To clean up the inside of the shell again Goof-Off would work the shell could have been a clear shell or a white painted shell on the inside it looks to be white.....Mikey