I do believe so! That should be late 50's yes?

jim

I just wrote you a book on your topic at dfo!! lol...

mike

That's a cool drum. I would just touch up the nicks, polish it up nice and shiny and then use it.

Jim,

DO NOT SAND THAT DRUM! If there is lead in the paint, and chances are good that it is lead-based because of the age, sanding it will only vaporize the lead and launch it into the air where people in your home can breath it.

Wear protective gear, chemical resistant rubber gloves and a really good face mask if you're going to sand or strip that drum. Disposal of residue also poses a problem. You don't want to be irresponsible about it. I wouldn't touch it with sandpaper though unless I was outdoors and I was wrapped in a protective cocoon!

I usually strip drums like that with a gel stripper that traps everything in the sticky goop.

Nice drum... touch-up and play.

John

Painted some Duco drums black 35+ years ago. Tough getting it off now :-)

Original Duco is toast after getting the black off.

That is one good looking drum as is.

Just one of those would do different now things.

Creighton

Uhm... why repaint such a pretty drum?

ive been to school on lead and this is the deal 3 grains of lead the size of salt can get in your bone marrow and cause cancer that's why we have lead laws on anything built (mainly housing) made before jan. of 1979 the problem is lead mimics copper if the body is short on copper and if u have ingested lead, it goes straight to the bones if your body has its daily copper needs the lead flushes out of your body. Lacquer does not have lead and most of the finishes for speed of drying were nitrous cellulose based lacquer now if it was enamel based oil as i doubt as it takes to long to dry...then there would be a problem, if you want to be sure they cell lead test kits at ace ....:2Cents:

I was also thinking that Lacquer didn't contain lead like enamel paints did. Duco (DuPont Color) is a brand of fast drying lacquer paint . However they did use lead as a pigment for some colors, even in lacquer. I think it was primarily used for reds and yellows though. I doubt there is a huge lead content in the paint on that drum but probably better safe than sorry.

Cause it ain't black.