i am not sure but i think you are going to have to either strip it all. Or by hand, sand until you see white, but then it would probably look like crap, so you would have to re-paint.

that is a good question, i wish i could help. i am going to keep my eyes on this thread.Mind BlowiHelp2

Why bother stripping someone else's paint job, only to replace it w/ your own ? What is wrong w/ the drum as it is ?

band3

I would like to uncover orginal paint as on my 16 floor and 22 factory painted.

Paint layer is pretty thick, overlays bearing edges. I dont want paint to resonate against the head as it sounds little bit muffled to me in comparison to other drums.

Circa 1850 heavy body paint and varnish remover is an excellent product. I used it to strip a shell that had 2 coats of paint on it (blue and white) The first application remove the blue. I had to repeat the process to remove the white. It will also remove contact cement.

Cam

Just sand the paint along the bearing edge. Paint on the edge won't effect the sound or head response. To prevent paint from sticking to the head, rub a candle (white, unscented) around the edges a few times.

Thanks, I will stick to that idea.

I was thought that there are some magic tricks to take it off..

You know, like old Leonardo Da Vinci painting overlapped by other painting :)

Who knows...maybe there is some Da Vinci under on my shell :rolleyes:

Hello!

Two days ago I did a final sandpaper work on the edge of 13" to took stains of paint from the shell edge.

I used two types of paper: P800 to take the paint off between reinforcing ring and shell. Then I took P1000 to make a final cosmetic polishing of the shell edge...

It tooks a while, but not takes so much of precious shell wood from surface :)

Beware of the wood dust! Sanding, even of such a small area like tom 13" edge produces a lot of it!

Final conclusion singer

Sound is improved. Tom produces more selective round sound.

Cool1