Ransan
Senior Member
Recently I got an Eagle Badge Rogers Holiday kit in Mardi Gras finish, sizes 13” 16” 14” snare 22” bass with additional 13” Rogers Script Badge tom in MG finish. Getting this set was a must, though it needs a little TLC - I knew this was going to be fun to love!
I am lugged out as I have just started to strip the kit by hand. Nothing powered is getting near this kit.
Initially, I was apprehensive and undecided on full scale inspection and cleaning myself, but my prideful curiosity got to me.
Spending more time in the basement with these mostly working from home, I got stir crazy and wanted to see what I could get into. So the last hour until now, I have stripped the lugs on the 13” 16” 14” Eagle Badge snare.
The bass is probably going to get stripped and inspected tomorrow.
The 13” Rogers Script Badge tom will be a project in itself, as an area or two of wrap under the lugs are peeling. I may need to send out for professional assistance on that one.
For cleaning advice, I spoke to quite alot of vintage drum shops drum repair departments across the U.S. on how to approach this project with kid gloves so to speak.
Most things were easy to remove, but I’m having a time removing the mufflers because of the wing nuts in such a tight space, and I’m needing a break.
Once the small bits were removed, being a kit being 60+ years, mostly everything is in ok shape - about %20-25 of bnb lugs are cracked, as expected. I may put them back on for now, and continue researching, but don’t think they make repro in this style. For this kit, it may be even more scarce and pricey as they are the littler bnb or “peanut” lugs predating the “more common” bnbs.
In researching the phenomenon, I found out bnbs were flawed in that they were plated, not molded; and, weren’t inserts but rather plush on outside of shells. That’s why the stressed fractures especially when cranking them.
As far as wraps condition, seams are tight, color is vibrant besides the yellow hue, some lugs and knobby areas have adhesive prints. I have Novus 1 and or 2 that I’ll apply on a small surface to start with.
So far the floor tom (being the oldest or earliest in serial number sequence) is in the worst shape.
For the floor tom, lugs are greenish, lug is missing 1 screw with lock washer, rim is rusted on bottom, I’m guessing from cocktail pedal bites; and, knobbys had some adhesive. (I had to be careful when removing, putting toilet paper over a small computer tablet slim Jim to pry.) Also, there’s splinting at a small portion of the bearing edge that I may have to lightly sand over, and then I’ll apply Beeswax for smooth and coat.
I may be doing Gods work or the work of the devil.
Here are some pics for now stay tuned and thanks for checking it out:
I am lugged out as I have just started to strip the kit by hand. Nothing powered is getting near this kit.
Initially, I was apprehensive and undecided on full scale inspection and cleaning myself, but my prideful curiosity got to me.
Spending more time in the basement with these mostly working from home, I got stir crazy and wanted to see what I could get into. So the last hour until now, I have stripped the lugs on the 13” 16” 14” Eagle Badge snare.
The bass is probably going to get stripped and inspected tomorrow.
The 13” Rogers Script Badge tom will be a project in itself, as an area or two of wrap under the lugs are peeling. I may need to send out for professional assistance on that one.
For cleaning advice, I spoke to quite alot of vintage drum shops drum repair departments across the U.S. on how to approach this project with kid gloves so to speak.
Most things were easy to remove, but I’m having a time removing the mufflers because of the wing nuts in such a tight space, and I’m needing a break.
Once the small bits were removed, being a kit being 60+ years, mostly everything is in ok shape - about %20-25 of bnb lugs are cracked, as expected. I may put them back on for now, and continue researching, but don’t think they make repro in this style. For this kit, it may be even more scarce and pricey as they are the littler bnb or “peanut” lugs predating the “more common” bnbs.
In researching the phenomenon, I found out bnbs were flawed in that they were plated, not molded; and, weren’t inserts but rather plush on outside of shells. That’s why the stressed fractures especially when cranking them.
As far as wraps condition, seams are tight, color is vibrant besides the yellow hue, some lugs and knobby areas have adhesive prints. I have Novus 1 and or 2 that I’ll apply on a small surface to start with.
So far the floor tom (being the oldest or earliest in serial number sequence) is in the worst shape.
For the floor tom, lugs are greenish, lug is missing 1 screw with lock washer, rim is rusted on bottom, I’m guessing from cocktail pedal bites; and, knobbys had some adhesive. (I had to be careful when removing, putting toilet paper over a small computer tablet slim Jim to pry.) Also, there’s splinting at a small portion of the bearing edge that I may have to lightly sand over, and then I’ll apply Beeswax for smooth and coat.
I may be doing Gods work or the work of the devil.
Here are some pics for now stay tuned and thanks for checking it out: