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1969 Ludwig Silver Sparkle 24, 13, 14, 16 & Supra
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11 years ago1969 Ludwig Silver Sparkle 24, 13, 14, 16 & Supra
Just picked up a nice Ludwig kit. I am going to clean it up and get it back in playing condition. I will need a few parts to complete the job and th...
11 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
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12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
Wow - thanks for all the positive feedback. A few more tidbits of info. I got quite a few large classic lugs from blairindrums here on the forum a...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
Now that the badges are on its time to put on the heads and see what this kit sounds like. I put coated Ambassadors on the tops and clear Ambassadors...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
The last exciting piece was to install the badges. The badges were in very nice shape. I coated the back of the badge with the green contact cement...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
The drums are wrapped and its time to start installing hardware. After the hardware is installed I need to clean up any edges where the wrap was tall...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
The next big step is to wrap the drums. I decided to go with silver sparkle. It is readily available and I think looks great on vintage drums and mo...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
I cleaned all the hardware parts using some of the ideas shared on this forum. I tried 2 ways to clean stuff - 1. soak the parts in dish soap & water...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
Now that the holes are done I cleared the inside of the shells. I used spray clear lacquer. I didn't get a super shiny finish but at least they were...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
Now that the edges are done all the new holes were drilled. I used a handy drum layout mat from drummaker.com. It was a pdf they sent out as a gift...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
Now that the interiors were stripped and cleaned up it was time to clean up the bearing edges. I know this will raise some eyebrows. As I said earli...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
After all the holes were plugged I stripped the interiors. I used the Citris Orange stripper. It worked pretty well. After the granitone was remove...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
After the wrap was off I needed to start filling holes in the shells. You can see in the original pics of the drums someone had mounted goofy bass dr...
12 years agoLudwig 70's 3 Ply - Restore complete, lot's o pics
After removing all the hardware the next step was to strip the wrap. I don't know what glue they used during this time frame but it was STRONG. It w...
12 years ago