Careful when sanding!

I recall hearing there was some carcinogen in the material!crying2-07

Very nice work. They will be well worth the effort when done. Walking

Here's by far the worst...and unfortunately its the bass drum...

Again, it's all actually coming along awesome. I just put a little pressure on the crack to see if I could feel it give or bend (or crack!) and it was nice and tight! Put a second "coat", if you will, of Weld-On on the crack. I'm really excited about this kit! I have sort of become the "from the grave to the stage" drum guy. 4th kit that has needed repair and will never be that museum piece, but man I have had a blast restoring!

-Beau

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http://www.sisweb.com/micromesh/acrylic_plastic_kits.htm

and

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showpost.php?p=194320&postcount=7

Those are truly beautiful... that is going to be a very special kit for you. We are all lucky to have you sharing this great project with us.

Here's a bunch of options to consider...

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cs/windshieldrestoration.html

:2Cents:

Did you use Novice 1 and 2?

Mother's Powerball... it's made to restore headlight covers on autos. Try this:

http://www.streetsideauto.com/p/mothers-07250/?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adword&utm_content=pla&gclid=CN_nvuKcmbQCFUOK4Aod4DYAtg

John

Beau,Nice job so far on the crack's re-pair..As for your question about wet sanding the whole shell.s.I have done this in the pass but it's alot of work..First don't used a palm sander.If you wet sand the drum's do it all by hand.When it come's to the paper to used this is what i have done first sanding 2,000 then 2,400 then 3,000 sand paper..Then i used 3 type's of ***elry polish fine,very fine,and very.very fine i don't have the names of these off hand i can get them for you.They are out in my shop right now..Then the last step is to used the novus on the drums..Like i said it's will take alot of time about a week or do on each drum.But when it's done the drum's will look 1,000's of time's better.....Mikey

Thanks for all the tips everybody! Yeah I went ahead and wet sanded the snare last night by hand. I felt it worked pretty well. My issues so far are with the Novus. Again, I wet sanded, started with Novus #3 and worked it in what I felt was adequate. Moved to #2, after I wiped it off and I thought it looked awesome! Then I cleaned it with Novus #1 and it looked like it did right after I wet sanded it again! All hazy and you could see the scratches. The guy on vistalitedrums.com said he uses a palm sander with a micro cloth rubber banded to it and polishes it with the #3. I was hoping to spend less time on these but hey, what are ya gonna do. We have a HUGE show on NYE with a band called Murder By Death here in Lawrence. I was hoping to have them done by them, but I'm not so sure now.