Hello all...This next week I'm going to wrap 3 orphan shells to make a players set and to learn. This will be my first rewrap. I have done much research, mostly on this site, on procedure, wrap, etc. I guess some of my most interesting reading was on tape vs. glue. I suppose in a nut shell it's about split. Everyone had strong feelings on this one. Jammin Sams had a good write up on his site for tape, which he endorses, he also said he endorsed glue for some 17 yrs. Precision says glue. Said non glue would change sound and is not long term quality work. O.K....I respect everybodys opinion. I went with Sams wrap and tape method. Sam swears it doesn't change sound qualitys. Said he has RARELY had someone call and say there drums sounded different. The word rarely got my attention. So, I guess it has happened. Anyway, going with Sam and tape on these shells.
Now, removing glue resedue, this was another interesting topic on this site. Went back to threads from 09 to present. Ended up with a long list of different chemicals, from wd-40 to xeilene. I got the old wrap off useing a heat gun(also suggested here) worked well, no wood came off with it. So, I decided on xeilene on glue resedue. See what happens. I was told to prepare for a headache useing that stuff. It will be done outside, providing Mo. has some decent weather. I will be doing this by myself, which brings up concern on kick drum, getting wrap tight enough. So, a suggestion came up of useing high bond tape in several different places on the kick. That made sense to me, but have concerns with bubbling around lugs and such. We'll see. Sam doen't sell his tape except on the wrap, so, I ordered some from precision. $36.40. Sams wrap w/tape on wrap (pre-cut) plus shipping $157.00. I will post pics. as time goes on. Thanks for hearing me out, it's great to have a site like this one to share on.....Joe
