[COLOR="DarkRed"]McJ...hilarious !

I gotta say...I only had that lightbulb moment AFTER I couldn't find any long clamps locally. I was sittin' and staring at the shell, cursing...and suddenly streams of the most beautiful light came shining through the lug holes, as a flock of white doves glided by.....(it was a beautiful moment, really).

Tillerva...the thing is...old wrap has "memory"...so if it's been lifted for a while....it will "want" to flex back into that state and position.

More often than not in these seam instances, you are probably right....if one can get the surfaces uber-clean and really get in there and apply the cement well, it might hold by just the glue itself...but I think wood and clamps are a good idea on old wraps....[/COLOR]

Again, this is another instance in which epoxy works very well. As I just had to do those obnoxiously thick Cortex wraps on the Luds that have become the bane of my existance, and room stifling thefts of space. But the epoxy works extremely well to hold down the edges. And let me tell you, Cortex is like a bazillion times thicker than some other wraps, like the WMP on my little drums.

My 60s Ludwig floor tom restoration project must have gotten wet at one time. The seam that lifted (probably 20 years ago) is brittle and won't lie down evenly. I'm afraid to pull back the seam to clean out the junk under after all these years because it may crack. Is there a way to heat it to make it more pliable?

This is correct. Contact adhesive creates an instant bond. Get some masking tape and tape off the area next to where your gonna glue to prevent a mess. Get a Q tip and clean both surfaces that will be glued with acetone. Dont get any acetone on the part thats gonna show. Stick something in there to keep the surfaces from touching, like a toothpick or pencil.Get a very small paint brush or a q tip and swap both areas with flammable contact adhesive. Let the glue dry. I use a heat gun, but others don't recommend this. Heat the wrap till its soft and stick the sh*t out of it! it works. You can try a hair dryer and see if it softens up the wrap. The non flammble contact adhesive sucks as far as im concerned. Super glue is a temporary fix. Epoxy might work if you want to clamp it and are sure you wont get it on the finish. Any excessive cntact adhesive can be cleans off easily.

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I love the forum always learning new things, as mcjnic said freekin genius the clamps make perfect sense!, that was the 1st thing that was new to me the 2ND is to never let michael go TOOL TIME with any power equipment!!Clapping Happy2D' Drummer