Last week I was asking about a painted satin wrap on a drum I was interested in. This sparked some interest with me having tried a few of the box store sold chemicals in the past to remove paint off a old bass hoop with a inlay. Worked well on the wood hoop but I should have removed the inlay and done it seperate..... rookie mistake. Working in the Printing trade I have come across a ton of chemicals. Some very harsh that'll melt your skin and some very mild that mix with water and everything in between. And thought maybe one of them would work. My first test failed and the wrap melted. I decided to pass on the drum not knowing if I could safely remove the paint without damage to the wrap. So I inquired about some samples of press wash from a few vendors and found one that worked pretty well. Here we go.......
The test subject is a piece of 50's Gretsch WMP wrap. The paint is Duplicolor Hi Temp engine enamel in black. I globbed on some thick coats letting them dry in between. I then let them dry for several days. This wrap also has the original glue on the back. I plan to look for a test shell and this one I only had a few scraps of old wrap to test with. Here's a few pics what I started with.
