That's some serious rust! What did you do exactly? It's difficult using a solvent of some sort without getting it on the felts, unless you manage to get them off, which isn't the easiest thing to do and then put them back on again.

The last two pics look to me almost like you've spray-painted them. Having said that, they look pretty good. Certainly a hundred times better than before. Nice! :)

Thanks. I disassembled the mufflers and soaked everything, felt and all, in Evaporust over night (no effect at all on the felt after drying). Used a wire brush under running water to remove whatever was left and dried everything off. After that, a little bit of steel wool and Simichrome. What I'm left with it that textured-looking finish which is pitting from all of the rust that was removed.

Nice work! Great, simple solution to the problem...and now you can adjust them without hearing rust falling on the bottom head. :)

Mitch

Talk about saving those mufflers! Great work!

-Mark

Humidity must be good for the drum shell, but no so good for the metal parts. I'm wondering what the best humidity over all is for drums. I keep my drums in my guitar room at 45% humidity, so far, so good. No rust is forming on any metal parts.

Looks 100% better than before!!

Cheers