If it were me I would clean it up the best I can and would then play it the way it is. It is a vintage kit with character!

Yep... just clean them up and enjoy them! Here's a little info on this;

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/wmp_article.html

Mark

I agree...strip off the hardware..

And use the sanding process...then wax up with Noxus 3....then Noxus 1 ....

It'll match up 9.5/10 afterwards...but you'll have a sore right arm...lolol

Do you mean Novus plastic polish? Or is Noxus some brand of wax which Google doesn't find? I know of Noxon (the wax) and Novus (to polish out scratches from plastic).

This is a perennial topic as old as yellowed WMP wrap.

If you search around here for restoring WMP when it is yellowed you will find a number of threads discussing different techniques.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=46001&highlight=yellowed+WMP

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=37001&highlight=yellowed+WMP

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=42156&highlight=yellowed+WMP

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=41255&highlight=yellowed+WMP

and so on going back years.

There are also links to Youtube videos in some threads which demonstrate "the sanding process" (although there might be several distinct methods called that) and others. Those may well be adequately covered in the links I've given above.

Then there is the whole school of retrobrite (see also other spellings like retr0brght with a zero).

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=29921&highlight=retrobrite

http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP5ZGh266X0"]How make ur own retrobrite - YouTube[/ame]

(note some of the earlier VDF threads above also mention retrobrite). I haven't used the retr0bright method, nor have I done any sanding to restore yellowed wrap. I point you to them as examples of the two classes of methods which have appeared so far: chemical or abrasive.

I searched the Restoring Vintage Drums forum using the search terms

yellowed WMP

and the same forum using the search terms

retrobrite

Very helpful contributions ;

thank you´all for your time and effort !!

Thanks again,

Perst

There is an article on this topic in the Restoration and Help section of this website.

Do you mean the link which was posted in the third post?

That's the one which says enjoy the yellow and suggests doing nothing.

That's the one!

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=33263

This is a thread I started about my clubdate combo that was nearly orange.

I used the retrobrite, and got decent results. Mind you I was not trying to get it looking new, just looking like every other 60's WMP.