I'm confused. Among the photos I see one which shows a rail mount next to a repair which has been done after a pole style mount was fitted, later removed, and poorly filled. Is that the 12x18 with the decorative plaque removed? Or is that one of the other bass drums which had a pole mount fitted then removed? Or some other sort of mount? Or some other drum?

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I'd recommend that you leave them in wood and do a good finish on the mahogany rather than wrap them. It's harder work, but I prefer the look of mahogany myself. Just a personal choice.

Ugly, ugly, ugly.... this photo shows where the plate was glued and later drilled to the bass drum near the grommet hole.

Take real good look at the other photos I placed on my photo page again. I have one posted there showing the inside of the bass drum shell and you will notice that their is NO exta holes from any drilled tom mount on this kit... that ugly glob you see is very HARD GLUE!

I will take some more photos from the inside of the 12x18 shell showing the grommet area. The small crack will be visible.

Now under that ugly glue mess is a small crack from where the rail consolette punched through the 3 ply at some point... I was thinking about applying thin maple veneer sheets to the drums then have it refinished.

You'll be adding another layer with the wrap and increasing the outside diameter of the shells. Besides, in order to do a pro wrap you'd have to sand the shells down to the original stained surface. I'd refinish and recapture the majority of the kits collector value!

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I am wondering if a B/O replacement badge will cover those 2 small holes?

Also I would just refinish the whole set. Sand it down to the Mahogany. Maybe treat it with some tung oil and then 4 or 5 coats of Spar polyurethane.

After a refinish and a replacement badge for the Bass drum I bet you won't even notice there were two small holes and that medallion was ever even there. That's a nice set and that glue glob on the bass drum would bug me to death. A nice refinish job will look great. Just my 2 cents worth.

Good thought. Hard to estimate from photos, but Mr Osahead2 has everything he needs to make the measurements. Even good lighting and measuring tape based on the photos.

This is what Ludwig Mahogany looks like just sanded down and the treated with tung oil. Much lighter than the original finish Ludwig used back in the day. But pretty. The holes are for the P83 strainer which wasn't back on at the time of the photo.

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Hey thanks guys so far with all the good suggestions... it sounds like my best option is NOT to wrap the Jazzette kit.

So I will take the 3 ply shells back to the original finish as possible. The long hours ahead of sanding should pay off in the long run....

Above is better detail pic's of the problem area on the bass drum.... My next question; how do I remove that nasty glue mess? My first thought, is to try sanding it smooth before, I try to pick at it... right now that spot is very uneven and bumpy so I'll try to make it level and add a fake wood grain looking pattern to help blend-in. OR do I get a very thin sheet of veneer to patch it?

Happy ancient thread revival day!!

Question on what the interiors would have been stained with on the Thermogloss kicks that were stained at the factory?

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Edit: Anyone know why my pics aren't showing up?