Hey Bobby hows it going! Thats exactly what I need, an old kit to fix up. Have fun, will be looking forward to the pictures. And It will be interesting to see how you like working with the glass wrap.

Take care,

Jeff C

Hi Jeff. Things are great here, hope they are good for you. I am having a good friend of mine help me with the wrap. I want them done right and I hear that the glass is a little harder to work with. I will be there to learn for the next project that I decide to do. BTW your rogers kit has come a long way from when I saw it on the shelf. Real beauty!

Things are cool here. You gonna post some before pics of the drums?

I will as soon as I can fgure out why I cant load them on here. I hav resized them several times and tried different formats. Nothing seems to work. Hopefully soon.

for here, i always open my pics in paint and resize them to 20 percent. seems to work most of the time.

mike

Bob - Cool project, I'll be following your progress. You'll probably finish yours before I can get mine done, so I'll get a good preview by checking out your kit.

Break a leg... and post some 'before' shots when you can. Looking forward...

John

Well, I finally got the wrap taken off the shells. You just have to love contact cement. It took me 2 1/2 hours on the bass drum alone and my hands look like I was juggling razorblades. The new wrap showed up today from Jammin Sam, its awesome! I think it will look great with the nickel hardware. I am still not able to load pics, but I am taking them as I go along. I start the chemical strip tomorrow and hope to start wrapping this weekend. Pics soon,hopefully.

Good to hear the wrap came, thats always fun seeing it for the first time. Is it thick and brittle or is it like the normal stuff. What chemical will you use to remove the old glue? Someone mentioned using a giant eraser and rubbing it off dry. I think they were talking about the big belt sander dressers. I used xyelene on the Rogers, it works but its messy. Have fun!

Jeff C

Bob - 3M makes a spray-foam stripper that will melt the glue right off with one application. Like Jeff's method, it is messy. But it all comes off pretty easily with the stripper. Try it on a small area. If you like the results, go for it. I generally use a scraper/putty knife to get the glue and the stripper goop off.

Be careful with the glass wrap, it -is- more brittle than regular wrap. I like to clamp a piece onto the shell and leave it like that for a day or so. Helps the wrap to relax and take the shape of the drum so I don't have to manipulate (push/press) it so much when it is applied to the shell.

John