Just thought I'd share the "before" pic of my Newest project....
For my whole drumming career, I have wanted a canister throne.
Finally,after 36 years I have acquired my first one, and will be restoring it to match my set. I dont have to tell you guys how rare canister thrones are!
I was VERY lucky to acquire this one at a good price. It appears to be a 1950s throne, altho it has no badge and never did!
As you can see, the throne is covered in Aged Gold Sparkle wrap.
Whats remarkable is that other than that long crack you can see, the REST of the wrap is in very good shape except for what looks like a cig burn on the other side. The wrap cleaned up very very well with simple green cleaner.
I was even tempted to just patch the broken part , and then get some Novis and polish the heck out of it, but I decided to go the whole way and rewrap it in WMP.
The metal rings that go above and below the wrap are off. They looked to be in terrible shape, in fact, I thought I'd have to use 1 inch Chrome tape there instead....BUT, after a long soak in Dawn, they cleaned up fantastic, and they will be reinstalled with new chrome screws when I finish. I'm very happy about this.
The seat is in pretty good shape as well and will shine up well with some Armorall.
I'm very excited to finally have a canister throne after all these years. Cant wait to bring that to a gig and have young drummers come up to me and ask "what is that"??
