Wow, those are Purdy! Jump For Joy

Question my friend...

You mentioned you stripped them right down to the Maple, Maybe it's my older eyes but is the the mid-section of your drums maple wood or gold paint?

Here's a pic of my Ducos set ready for stripping down. Any advice?

Kevins, looks like we have the same kit for resto. My bass is a 22" and the snare a jazz fest.

Cheers!

-kellyj

Hey Kelly !

Trade you my "Danl' Boone" for your "Fester" ...........:)

Just joshin..... I'm on the look-out for one needing a resto though.... can't afford a primo one, ya know ??

Kevins,

I'm still at a loss why this kit even came with a "Fester"!

Happy thoug it did..Guitar Dude Man

Kellyj - It's a dark gold metallic spray enamel. Krylon. I used a turntable to paint the shells. As you can see, it came out as good as any factory paint job.

The jazzfest was added to the kit by me. When I bought the drums, I got the 13. 15, 20. I got a deal on a transition badge (1959 - like the other drums) jazzfest so I jumped on it. I stripped it, did a matching duco paint job and I added it to the clubbies to complete the kit.

John

Hey Purdie,

Just wondering how you stripped off all that lead-laden paint?

-kellyj

kev-

youve got too many projects!!Yes Sir

mike

Sears sells a heavy-duty spray gel stripper. It sprays on goopy so that it literally traps the paint and residue in a thick and rapidly expanding gel. I wear protective gear when I use it; heavy rubber gloves, face mask, goggles. After about ten to fifteen minutes, the gel and all the goop gets scraped off with a plastic putty knife. Leaves clean, bare wood every time. All the waste is carefully wrapped in layers of plastic for disposal. As long as you're careful and take some basic precautions, it's a pretty safe operation. What you don't want to do is dry-sand the finish off and creating a dust cloud of that poison.

As for your drums: That is one great candidate for restoration. Use the gel stripper I recommended to get the shells down to bare wood. Sand the exteriors smooth. I used a turntable set at 33 1/3 rpm with a thin platform centered on top (to hold the drum shells) and then it was just a matter of using the lug holes to get my spacing for the stripe. The stripe on a duco paint job is almost always the same width as the lug holes. Paint the lighter color first, (center stripe) and while it still tacky, (to get a good blend line happening,) spray on the top and bottom color. Again, using the lug holes as stopping points. With a steady hand, your paint job will look every bit as good as anything that came out of the factory. The trick to getting a great duco finish is in the spinning turn-table.

Kev - time to get to work buddy! Those are some great kits that are collecting dust...

John

Kevin - If you do the grunt work... remove all hardware, badges etc. Strip the shells and sand them, I will do the paint job for you. Just send me the bare shells, I'll give you a list of the paint needed so you can send the paint along too with the shells. You pay the shipping back and forth to PA and I'll do the paint job free. You'll get back a like-new set of duco painted clubbie shells.

You don't have to go with the original colors either. Think about it... red/cream/red, turquoise/silver/turquoise, green/gold/green....

So many to choose from.... Soap Box

lol

John

Thanks for the offer man !!

I'll think it through for a bit and let you know.

Thanks !!

Kev

Your name and these drums look familiar. . . . . Have we met??? :)