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Finally Finished my Vistalites

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I finally got around to finishing my cleaning/rehab of a vistalite pattern "C" kit in red/amber/yellow (I call it "Tequila Sunrise with a Twist"). I bought it , cleaned it and sold it 10 years ago and bought it back a few months ago. It had one crack that was stabilized prior to my first purchase and has not changed. This time around I disassembled, cleaned, and lubed all of he hardware, packed all of the lugs with felt, and washed and lightly polished the shells.

Has anyone else seen this vistalite combination before?

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Posted on 13 years ago
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Need some bigger pics!

Scott

Posted on 13 years ago
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Wow! Those are beautiful drums! I'm not a fan of Vistas, as a general rule ... but, I would love to play this kit. It really is gorgeous. Nicely done.

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Posted on 13 years ago
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Just being safe here and letting others know that if you remove lugs from Vistalite drums be very careful tightening the screws.

Make sure you use the same tension/torque.

I have heard stories of problems with spider webs starting on the lug screw holes.

Drums look great and yes larger photos!

David

Posted on 13 years ago
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David,

Thanks for the reminder. On vistalites I generally tighten lug screws finger tight plus one-quarter turn. I tighten mounting hardware until I cannot move the mount with my bare hand on the outside of the shell. I have not had any star cacks. Those plastic inserts between the shell and hardware are very important.

I am having trouble getting the picture file size down. Hopefully these are better.

Mike

Posted on 13 years ago
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