Is NOVUS polish good?

[Sonorforlife2000]

Hey everyone. Im looking for a good cleaner for my Sonor Phonics set...I was reading about the NOVUS polish, and was wondering if someone could offer advice in whether or not it is a good idea to clean the wrap up on my kit? My wrap is very yellowed and Ive tried everything from FLITZ to bleach/water to Windex to Dawn to try to get the discoloration out...nothing. Someone? Anyone?

[Jim]

It's a good basic cleaner... but it won't "clean" yellowing.

[SkyDog75]

One of these days, I'm going to get around to trying the "Retr0bright (http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/)" method to see if it'll reduce yellowing in drum wraps.

My school district has a whole bunch of Yamaha marching drums from the '80s and '90s that they're still using. They were originally white, but a couple decades of sunlight haven't been too kind.

[LandenLarry]

i used Novis 1,2,&3 on this set of drums and did wonders, i could'nt believe my eyes as i scrubed all the old grime and junk of this wrap there is still some yellowing i could'nt get of the white, but for the most most part it is some really cool stuff. here are some before and after photos.

[Olimpass]

I used Novus plastic polish 1 on the wrap of my drums and think it's great! I've never had to clean harsh yellowing though. Your drums look spectacular!

[backbeatkeeper]

Novus is great!!! Clean all first with #1 and then use #2 or #3 to get rid of the harsh stuff. First pic is before, not real bad just cloudy and dirty. Second is the finished product.

[Jaye]

Yellowing is not on the surface of a wrap, so no product is really gonna remove a yellowing/fade. It is, alas, the beauty of a vintage drum.

When folks see less yellowing after a cleaning, it's primarily because the cleaner has removed the layers of crap which was obscuring the wrap to begin with.

[Sonorforlife2000]

Thanks everyone for your answers...Ill pick up some and give it a try. If it doesnt work, then Ill find it to use on something else, I guess. I did spend about 50 hours total cleaning the nasties off of it, I guess I was just hoping that some more of the yellowing would have come off with cleaning....oh well. Thanks again, everyone! I really appreciate all the help I get from everyone on this forum.






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[giger.t.]

Refering to most V.D.F. members, novus looks to be just the right cleaner for vintage wrap.

Unfortunatly, we dont have this product here in our stores...

last week i finnaly made the move, and ordered 1 gallon of each steps from a seller on fleebay,
yes, 3 gallons, no less, for a total cost of 104,50 C.D. :eek:

Hope i'll have enough of this stuff to do all my drums for now, and and for years to come.

[blairndrums]

I find that Novus actually does take out yellowing A LITTLE.

I just use No.1 and 2 also.......

First time I used NO.3,it was on a BDP Rogers snare,and all it did was smear around,and I was pizzed!

[backbeatkeeper]

Blair, for number 3 Novus, you have to try it in small areas. It happened to me to, but I redid it, followed by 2, then 1 and it worked great. Also for me, I didn't read the instructions, the application is different for both polish, with the grain or against, I don't remember which.

[patrick]

Hi,

Rather than buy online and pay the usual list price etc, I went to a windshield repair shop. (Apple Glass in this case) and asked if they had any Novus I could buy.

They pulled out an 8 ounce bottle each of 1, 2 and 3. One bottle had been used (about 1/2 inch lower than the other two.)

$10.

Along with drums, I have since used it to polish out the paint someone left down the side of my car and also cleared up my headlamps a little.

I likes it.

Patrick

[blairndrums]

I also have found that Novus 2 works great on wood painted BD hoops!