I've started to restore my Star Drums set i was given a few months back. It's coming up really well. I have most of the original skins on the kit which are cleaning up really well. You can see from comparing a cleaned up skin to a non cleaned skin how well they are coming up. All the hardware is off the snare. The hardware is very rusty so im sanding and buffing everything to get it back to a decent quality. I don't want to replace any parts on this kit. You'll see i already sanded and buffed the strainer.
Here are the images
Pre restored hardware
[IMG]http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4830/dsc0157nc.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4790/dsc0145js.jpg[/IMG]
Cleaned up skin vs pre restored skin
[IMG]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1395/dsc0156u.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://imageshack.us/m/577/9198/dsc0149zj.jpg[/IMG]
Strainer restored
[IMG]http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/8615/dsc0150.jpg[/IMG]