Hey all.
This is going to be my most ambitious project yet. Need some help and thoughts as I'm still a newbie.
Teardrop shells -3ply w/horrible white paint. Stripped of hardware and considered lost causes.
14x20 - w/3 significant dents (cym mount and both spur mounts) from removed shell supports that go under hardware.
8x13 w/big bearing edge chip
Here is my overall goal.flowers2
1)Strip the paint rather than sand given delicate nature of shells and short on plys. (remove badges).
2) Bring bass drum back to structure intergrity and roundness by either steam it or soak it and use internal and external genius used on this kit for out of roundness (turnbuckle and rods). Do I soak the drum or do something else? I'm also waiting on delivery of a messed up 20" teardrop shell for parts that most importantly has the reinforcement slabs of wood that goes underneath the bd mount, cymbal mount, and spur mounts.
http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=21298&highlight=levon&page=3
3) Repair that tom chip by extracting the crushed wood in, filling w/wood putty and wood glue crack with 70/30 glue/water ratio.
4) find ALL the hardware (some already on the way) and a floor tom and finally veneer it in ebony macassar veneer.
QUESTIONS
-Am I nuts?
-What is a good paint stripper that I can use in say 50's weather on my porch.
-To reinforce the intergrity of the shell, will the veneer add to the support. Essentially, I'm adding anther ply so I hope it will.
Thoughts, guidance, and most importantly if you have parts!! I'd love to hear!