TommypNice work. I like you did the same drum, and got the same results !I have actually done a few afterwards and got similar results. Your right . . . Just need to be careful and keep the rag moving so you don't burn through the wrap.Michael
Michael, did you ever try the retr0bright method (Oxyclean and peroxide) mentioned in your thread? I've been thinking of trying it on a couple of my of B/O champagne Ludwigs.
TommypNice work. I like you did the same drum, and got the same results !I have actually done a few afterwards and got similar results. Your right . . . Just need to be careful and keep the rag moving so you don't burn through the wrap.Michael
Michael!
NICE JOB too! ... drum came out SUPER! Yours is of course a newer model, but BASED on the one I have, and with improvements. Specifically: The lugs! Mine being a 1950, it still has the 1st generation solid brass/chromed lugs with NO INSERTS, which was a major problem as it turned out. They are/were easily cross threaded when changing heads, as you can well imagine. Also mine is the 3X13 BR model, whereas most of them later were 4X14 .. plus .. mine has the then called "Beer Tap" strainer, which for the record, works great! Yours has the later P84 if memory serves. That all said though, regarding the wrap/WMP lightening ... BEAUTIFUL job! :)
Tommyp
Tommy, I remember our discussion on this a couple years ago. I still have a drum I might consider doing the lac method on.
That Jim Messina video kind of scares me, but I have been wondering if it would have an effect on faded wrap like the 60's BDP Ludwigs that Im working on. The wrap is pretty nice ( slightly faded) on the bass drum. But the 13 and 16 have wrap that looks like it just left the factory. I wonder if that lacquer thinner Technic would get rid of the slight fading. It would be nice to have a messed up shell to experiment with.
Tommy, I remember our discussion on this a couple years ago. I still have a drum I might consider doing the lac method on. That Jim Messina video kind of scares me, but I have been wondering if it would have an effect on faded wrap like the 60's BDP Ludwigs that Im working on. The wrap is pretty nice ( slightly faded) on the bass drum. But the 13 and 16 have wrap that looks like it just left the factory. I wonder if that lacquer thinner Technic would get rid of the slight fading. It would be nice to have a messed up shell to experiment with.
Jeff!
It would indeed get rid of that "fade" in the BDP! Does the same with WMP of course .. but .. I hear ya! ... as I also experimented on a "throw away" shell with some awful WMP on it. That is where I learned just HOW quickly .. or not .. the lacquer thinner would cut onto the wrap. Truth be told .. and CTMichaelIV would say the same .. it doesn't move very easily. So in that regard, it's actually not too bad as there is a level of control, if you know what I mean. Best thing would be to find/acquire a shell that has some faded BDP and do a trial/experimental run?
Tommyp
