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Restoring Geisler Snare

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So, I'm fixing up this Geisler I got for cheap. It was covered in white paint so I had to painstakingly remove that, which I have. I think it was possibly an original black painted one (they came in two types, black or natural aluminum) because there was some black under the white paint... but!

Here's where the 'but' comes in.

When I got the white paint off I began noticing a lot of black weird stuff against the metal, to discovered that it is oxidized. Wasn't familiar with aluminum oxidization so I bought some CA Custom aluminum deoxidizer. Seemed simple enough--used it--nothing.

On the inside, because it wont be seen, on the real rugged stuff I've used a wire brush to pretty good results, and the odd scratch can be polished off. On the outside it's a thin black film with little circles.

Here are my options: repaint it black, or get rid of the stuff.

What do you guys say to wet 320 grit sandpaper? Is there another option here?

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Still some paint residue but another round of thinner will clear that. Just been careful. Meticulously got paint off the badge... phew.

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Somehow unable to make images smaller but I suppose there are worse things.

Any and all thoughts appreciated!

Posted on 10 years ago
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Doing it by hand; ie. wet-sanding going through to 1200 grit polishing is do-able, but extremely labor intensive. You'll need an extra jar of elbow grease next time you shop at Home Depot!

I took a badly pitted and stained aluminum shell to a plater and had them strip the chrome off and then polish the raw aluminum shell to a high shine. They added a protective clear over-coat and the shell came out looking better than new. Cost $125. to do it, but the end result was worth every penny. Yours doesn't need to be stripped so it should be way cheaper to restore the aluminum than mine was. I would leave this job to the pro's at a good plating shop. If you're just a die-hard do-it-yourselfer, then get ready to sand until your arms fall off!

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John

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Posted on 10 years ago
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I did a supersensitive snare drum for a forum member here on this forum removed the pitted chrome finish, I used an orbital sander with adjustable speed, you can get any grade of sand paper you want for wet and dry sanding will speed up the process much faster but still labor intensive.

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
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