Alright so I decided to take a deep breath and try the wet sand method to restore whatever funk is making the potentially beautiful wrap so dull and white on these Rogers 380's I picked up on the chicken farm the other day. I watched the 20 minute youtube video on wet sanding wraps you guys posted and now I am starting the project.

Day one:

I decided to start with the 12 inch rack tom. I stripped it of all the parts and was really impressed by the quality of the hardware. No not as good as American made vintage Rogers stuff but certainly a far cry from a normal Japanese stencil kit that is for sure. I was also excited to see that the interiors were really, really clean and the edges looked great!

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Now onto the sanding. I decided to start with 400 grit paper to start the wet sanding because the 240 the guy used in the video scared me a bit even though he got great results starting with that course paper. I just went over the whole shell in the same direction for about 10 minutes. Wetting the paper often and never letting it dry. Here is a before pic of the worst panel on this drum:

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And here it is after just a few minutes of wet sanding with 400:

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A major improvement! And more importantly it has been sitting for a few hours now and none of the white funk has crept back in!

So now I have hope however I am not sold yet. Going to hit it for a few more minutes with the 400 then move up to 600 and finally 800 and 1200. I will post more pics as I move along!