Hey Dan

Great looking Rogers floor that I am sure can be brought back to life and shining like the day it was made.

I agree with Creighton, I would take less aggressive approach to the drum first. Yes I know I have written the diatribe about the lacquer thinner and soft scrub approach however it is always best to take little steps if your afraid (as most are) to potentially ruin the drum with LT/SC.

I would take the lugs off and see the amount of fade compared to the original color, then I would personally go at it with Novus 2 using a powered reciprocating polisher. Follow that up with Novus 1. You will see pretty quickly if this helps but I have a strong feeling it will only shine it up and if there is any yellowing it will not address it.

You can always take the LT/SC approach to a small area at the bottom of the drum to see if that works well before going at the entire drum. The LT/SC approach does not take a lot of elbow grease, just a consistent pressure and make sure you get every inch of the drum. It takes me about 1 hour to go after a very yellow snare and typically 2 applications of the LT/SC. I also follow it up with Novus 2 and then 1 (as described above). then of course, Caranuba wax to keep it shining and also helps to keep the dust off. Please post some pictures and let us know how you addressed it.

Michael

The last statement I will make on this thread is that, if you take off too much lacquer you must and I repeat must re apply a new top coat.. good luck and a side note, please pay attn to not go into substrate

Gary

Fully agree with Gary (Jaghog) !

I did what he said on purpose on the trial drum to see what happens. If you go too far with the LT it will cause real damage to the wrap and the drum will look like absolute crap, then and you must apply a coating to preserve the wrap and get the shine back and preserve the wrap. That in itself is extremely time consuming, hard to do, and the finish may not look the way you want to match the rest of the drum.

Thanks Jaghog