Restoring 70’s Ludwig Marching Snare

[Stixnskinz]

Hello. New to this thread. I am looking to restore this snare drum and looking for advise on finding or modifying the snare to install. So far all my searches come up empty.

 

[1988fxlr]

That strainer is called a p-87. If you search snare wires for Ludwig p-87 you’ll find original options and videos on how to get regular wires to work with it

 

[Stixnskinz]

Thank you 1988fxlr. I found one. May I inquire of you again?
What is the best way to remove pitting from chrome?

 

[1988fxlr]

If you’re taking it all apart, I like to soak everything other than galvanized washers in evaporust over night and then rinse off with water and wipe down with a dry cloth. If you are leaving the drum assembled I would try something mild like nev’r dull first and then move on to more aggressive polish like flitz on bad areas

 

[blindkarma]

Hello. New to this thread. I am looking to restore this snare drum and looking for advise on finding or modifying the snare to install. So far all my searches come up empty.

L-1108 Synthetic Gut
L-1110 Wire

 

[Dzdrum]

If you take the lugs off, I always use Turtle Wax chrome cleaner. The bottles go a long way vs I use Flitz also as a secondary rust/cleaner. The Flitz bottles are small (maybe 3 ozs) and are more expensive. With the lugs off, I would polish the wrap with Meguiars PlastX plastic cleaner. This is a cleaner and polisher in one bottle. I use another 2 Meguiars products - one is a cleaner and the second is a polisher. I restore drums all the time but if this is just a one off for you then the PlastX will be fine. Overnight soak in Dawn for the tension rods.

 

[kdgrissom]

What is the best way to remove pitting from chrome?

You can minimize it visually with cleaning and polishing, but once the pitting has occurred, re-chroming will be the only option.

 

[WesChilton]

Thank you 1988fxlr. I found one. May I inquire of you again?
What is the best way to remove pitting from chrome?

I like to polish chrome-plated parts with Brasso and a microfiber cloth. Pitting, unfortunately, cannot be removed, but it can be made to look more acceptable.