OH man! It looks so unique though I like that green! I bet if you wore a matching green track suit while playing this kit you would like the color more! Chewie:

Mr. Ogre:

I think this might be an idea best left alone. In the long run, it may prove to be costly and VERY time consuming. "If it ain't broken, don't fix it!" Just an opinion. The black and green aren't that bad and they are factory. They are your drums however,and of course, you're free to do whatever you like with them.

Brian

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E1jRxwJ_7D4/maxresdefault.jpg Also here is another thing you could do to potentially make it look a little nicer without going crazy on paint stripping. Im not sure if Paiste still does the colorsounds but I bet you could find a few green colorsounds floating around that might accent that kit nicely:)

Silly question maybe, but why would you buy them at all? Are they very cheap? Otheriwse: why buy a kit that you don't like the looks of? There must be more than plenty kits around that you do like the looks of.

Cheap. They are decent birch shells, I like the sizes, and I can get them for less than $0 once I sell the parts I don't need.

Would be a cool "Green Hornet" kit. Media blasting best way to get the green off. Whole bunch easier to just replace with something you like and same hole spacing.

Creighton

I have no tips to add other than get rid of the green by whatever means necessary!

I'm not a fan of color coated hardware, and never was.. I do however enjoy a black nickel, nickel, satin nickel or brass hardware. I'm going to have to agree with salty1322 and say just leave it be.

Unless you enjoy working on something that's time consuming and have the actual time for it, then i'd say go for it.

If you have even the slightest doubts as to how to go about it, then i'd just leave it alone..

the green should be either green PLATING (like they do with black parts. not powder coating since the kit's made over seas) or possibly cheap powder coating.

i worked at a indie drum company and i've sent parts to get p.c. many times. i have also buffed or stripped bad p.c. its not fun.

media blasting would be the best way to go, but parts are usually scuffed so the powder will stick. those kits made overseas most likely will not take the time to prep the parts for p.c. but there's no way to tell the condition underneath.

as noted above, it may not be worth the time to strip but its your call.

i've used jasco premium paint remover to strip p.c. just let it sit for awhile and scrap it off. sometimes it takes a few tries if the parts have alot of angles. or i'm sure there's some youtube videos that show how to strip p.c.