What's under the paint?

Might already be a cool Rogers finish under there.

it was stripped down to the wood and painted so just wood under the paint. Not sure can you strip painted wood to find a finish?

For 69 era, it would not have been a natural wood finish. Earlier, you could have had one of the very rare mahogany wood finishes, or for 67, Wildwood. But not in 69. Most likely, it was a wrap, and was stripped then painted.

Rewrap as you please, just know that an off color is not going to appeal as much to others, and could further reduce a resale value versus having a period correct rewrap. For a players kit, its always more money into it than will come out of it.

Unless you are planning aa full restoration, with the stripped shells and hardware change, can't see any downside to putting on a wrap you like. It's still a players kit. Selling later is only consideration, but with a players kit, if you don't go for fur, should not be much of a problem.

It`s your kit, and like you said, it´s a players kit that is not a full Rogers anymore, so i would make a gig kit right to my personal taste and needs:-)

Choose from the big variety of Delmar wraps or other companys that supply cool and good Drumwrap;-)

best regards and happy easter

Christian

Funny, I can relate to a lot of things in you're post. The most played out album on my ipod is "In the Jungle Groove" by JB. I have three Rogers kits and one Kent kit as do you. One of the Rogers kits had some abused shells (re wrapped in that cheap foil like wrap, home done stain job under the wrap etc. The way I look at it, it's not a museum piece so I'm doing it the way I want it. I turned it into a micro kit, using the 16" FT as the bass. I did it without adding any holes so I can revert it back to a normal kit I'm going to wrap it in either turquoise glass glitter or sparkle. (which Rogers didn't have) Go for what you want. You guys do a lot of Hall and Oates? Here's a pic of me and my neighbor and good friend Mickey Curry. Good luck with the restore, would like to see pics of the progress..Rich.

Nice Rogers! Also sounds like a cool band your in. Many of my fav's. I say pick the favorite wrap you find and go for it!

Here's the kit that will be re wrapped in Turquoise in progress. It still has the foil like wrap on it..Rich

If you want a finish that "pops", I would suggest a Glass Glitter. I've attached some pictures of a 4.5x14 shell I wrapped in Turquoise Glass Glitter from Jammin' Sam. Uses the "tape method" to adhere the wrap to the shell, which is certainly a less expensive alternative to completely gluing the wrap. Glass glitters are pricey, but do "pop" outdoors and under stage lighting.

Mark