All shells painted or just the snare? Graffiti remover usually does the trick for rattle can paint jobs. Start with small area and see how it reacts with the wrap.

Hayman are usually far and few in between, so nice inheritance. Plenty cleaning tips here, but most important is NO STEEL WOOL on the chrome. Pic will definitely help advice given. When you take the heads off, check bearing surfaces for dings and possible ply separation. Both are pretty easy fix if needed.

Good luck and enjoy them.

Some paint types including lacquer will peel off in sheets after a hit of EasyOff oven cleaner. Major caveat I'm not certain how this affects drum wrap but we used to use it on 1:32 scale slot-car bodies, with no adverse effects on the plastic.

Mitch

Thanks for that guys. Also this may seem like a really dumb question, but how can I tell what size my drums are without measuring them? I am thinking perhaps there is no alternative but to crack out the tape measure?

Here are some catalogs that might help you sort out what you have:

http://www.drumarchive.com/hayman/

and this for measuring:

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/measure_a_drum.html

I look forward to some pictures.

Hayman wrap is notoriously fragile. It's a foil sandwiched between thin textured plastic. The foil starts disintegrating over time so may have been rewrapped or painted. The paint may have protected it or it may have been painted to cover poor wrap.

18" & 20" bass drums have 8 lugs per side, 22" and 24" have 10 and the 26" has 12. Tape measure would be handy for the rest

My take on Hayman... My non-commercial blog

http://maturedrummer.blogspot.hu/2013/07/thoughts-on-hayman-vibrasonic.html