Hello all,
Thank you for all of your opinions. Being new to the community, there is much I have to learn from all of you. This has been a good start. I am going to begin the Novus treatment with this set today. I think it should look much better when I am finished. And, I have been using Flitz Metal Polish on the chrome parts, and so far what I have completed has turned out really nice. There was quite a lot of surface rust and grime on the chrome when I bought the set.
Now that I have an understanding on the consequences of rewrapping, what are your thoughts on the following:
1) Repainting the base of the high hat stand, which is badly scratched.
2) Repainting the bass drum hoops, which are both scratched. I will be reusing the original chrome inlay.
3) Repainting the frame of the bass drum pedal, which is faded and scratched.
4) Replacing the red hardware stickers with replacements I found on Ebay. The originals are all damaged, in particular the snare drum stand sticker.
5) Replacing 4 tuning rods on the bass drum, all of which are bent.
Would doing any of this work devalue the set in the same way as a rewrap?
Any parts that I would like to replace will be replaced with original Slingerland parts. I found a good source for original spare parts at the Donn Bennett Drum Studio in Seattle. It looks to me like the high hat stand base and the bass drum hoops have been repainted at least once already.
That's all for now. Thanks again for you advice, and I look forward to reading your replies.