Since it's already been messed with, there's not much point in trying to return it to it's *factory finish*, unless of course you just want it to look original. If it were my drum, I'd have it professionally polished and clear coated.

For me, if it supposed to be a painted color I would like to return it to as close to original as possible, if it was polished then I will just keep on polishing and clear it.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]I have never heard of a black painted/powdercoated Slingy snare...especially of that era.

Did you check the catalogue cuts on this site ?

BTW...I am now repairing saxophones, too ....and....

Great brass polish/protector: Hagerty's 100. It's like a very refined Brasso. Not abrasive. It's amazing stuff. Takes off dirt and leaves such a shine one can mistake it for being lacquered. Also leaves a finish which is supposed to retard dirt and tarnish. If you are gonna keep it brass, try this stuff. It's great.[/COLOR]

Actually, black lacquer Slingerland snares of that era were fairly common. I've seen that snare in black lacquer, as well as black wooden snares. You don't see the higher end '20-30s metal snares in black lacquer though.

Jaye and Rich,

Thanks a ton, I went through the catalogs and found the color options for the drum, nickel, white lacquer or black lacquer. I seriously doubt with the amount of overspray that was present that the finish I removed was original but do believe that is the original color. So I'm going to return it to black lacquer. This actually works out well because I'm refurbing a Radio King bass drum and black would look really nice with it.

On the bass drum. The outer ply was lifting around the bearing edge and after looking at the problem for a while I came up with a pretty cool solution for getting glue under the ply without making a huge mess. I went to the drug store and asked them for a really large gauge syringe and then poured the glue into the syringe and slowly injected the areas, then pressed, wiped and clamped the ares. This also worked for getting glue behind the reinforcement hoops in a couple of areas. I told my wife that my high school wood shop teacher would be proud..LOL.

Thanks again,

Mike

[COLOR="DarkRed"]That's a pretty good solution. I have heard of folks doing that, but usually they will very lightly heat the area as well to avoid the wrap from cracking.

Right after I posted my last response, I came upon a thread about black Ludwig metal snares from way back when...so it is no surprise that black was a standard finish on brass snares.

What are you gonna do with it ?

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I don't know what I'm going to do with it. Probably put it back to work. :)