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Tama Starclassic Performer (all birch shells) in Aztec red fade

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Is this a lacquer finish, oil finish or a wrap? I recently completed a light restoration on a natural oil-finish 2009 DW Collector's kit using Scott's Liquid Gold on the shells, and mineral oil & a steel wool pad to remove surface rust and some pitting on the hoops/lugs/tension rods.

The Scott's worked really well at bringing the luster back to the shells. The mineral oil worked okay for removing the surface rust, but some of the pitting was too severe to be corrected (the owner had left the kit in his uncle's boat shed for three years). In retrospect, the hoops/lugs/tension rods should've been replaced, actually, but that's an expensive undertaking.

Anyway, if your shells are oil-finished or lacquered, give the Scott's a try...