I have had this drum since about 2001 and decided it was time to do a deep clean job on it. The cleaning came out wonderfully. I even had a little help from my 7 year old princess who told me, "Dad, I really love working on these old drums with you!"
I disassembled the entire drum, soaked the parts in Simple Green and then left them over night in Dawn soap and water. I went to Ace Hardware for Cape Cod cleaning pads, but they didn't have them, despite their website saying they did... but, I picked up Never Dull instead and I am pleased with the results.
Here are some before and after photos that I took. It was a pretty day out here in the coastal Southeast Texas area, so the after photos were taken in the yard.
The drum sounds as amazing as she looks! Newer heads and I borrowed some Puresound snares from another drum that I haven't been playing lately.
Thanks for looking friends!