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My piece for the Kirby Boss Art Jam by @phildoodledraws, I chose Moley! Amazing Mirror is one of my favorite Kirby games, and Moley is one of my favorite bosses to just tear through with Hammer Kirby. He's so smug and the neckerchief really completes the looks. Made of Loctite Epoxy Putty and some tiny spots are made of Apoxie Sculpt. The neckerchief is a napkin soaked in a mixture of water, glue, and red paint, and left to dry for several hours. Glasses gave me the most trouble (this is the best looking pair) and are superglued onto his face, also with Loctite brand. The setting is just a carboard box that I glued cardboard to the bottom of and laid on its side and painted. The bomb was stuck onto the wall using sticky tack, which, yes, was also Loctite brand. Loctite, if you wanna sponsor me, hmu.

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Fixing Air Ride Shenanigans, got to pay now or pay later when you use cheap-o parts. Fixing it right with #airlift #viair and #loctite •RMC “👊” 🇺🇸🇨🇱 * #C10 👈 * #Patina 👈 * #gettingitdone 👈 #restomod #musclecar #gotlope #carporn #truckporn #restomodmag #protouring #rmc #restomodmusclecar #rmcmag #airride #bagged #slammed #paynoworpaylater #cheapparts #cheapo #shenanigans (at Fort Worth, Texas)

Crusty, rusty mounting hardware rejuvenation. “Pink Snot” to the rescue!

I’ve been spending some time tearing down several pieces of the 75 Imperialstars in the previous post to nest and ship to a buyer in California. As is normal for 40 plus year old drums, I found the lug mounting screws, muffler hardware, t rods and washers to be in pretty rough shape. So in this post, I decided to document the journey and do a bit of a pictorial, how-to guide on how I usually go about rejuvenating damn near barnacle encrusted hardware back to usable condition.

Here’s how the lug screws, tone control mounting hardware and washers started out. They looked to have been “rid hard and put away wet”...no seriously, like literally put away wet. Most people would just say “fuck that noise” and find some original screws. Me...I have way too much free time on my hands and ALWAYS try to salvage the original screws because it’s not like any vintage Tama screws are all that readily available.

Be warned, this process WILL remove any of the original yellow zinc plating that is on the screws. In this case...there wasn’t much left to worry about so they are the perfect candidate for restoration.

First the lug screws...I know WTF...Life After People style...but alas, there is hope.

Tone control screws, washers and nuts...whee dawgies...totally jacked.

Washers...not too bad, but could use a good kick in the face...

First step: Slather them in “pink snot”...also known by the brand name “Loctite Naval Jelly Rust Dissolver” available in the glue and paint remover section at your local Home Depot. It gets its name because they use it to get rust off of battle ships...so this is the real deal and will gladly and chemically burn your face off if given the chance. It is also great on lug casings, chrome hoops, Titan stand hardware and steel snare shells. Surprisingly, Tama chrome doesn’t seem to mind it (nor does vintage Camco) as far as marring the finish. I love this stuff and like the Red Hot sauce ad...”I put that shit on everything!” This product is a little harsh on the sinuses so you are best off using it outside with good ventilation and blue nitrile gloves to protect your manicure. Shmear it on and let it sit for twenty minutes or so. Vigorously work the product around the hardware several times every few minutes with an old paint brush you have lost all respect for.

This is how the parts will look after they are rinsed thoroughly with hot soapy water. Any rust that remains has been turned to black carbon deposits that will need further attention. In the case of these lug screws, they were so corroded that the washers seemed almost fused together. This is a result of a build up rust between the flat washer and the threads below as the screw is pressed against the shell. This is where you grab a decent flat blade screw driver and give the lock washer and flat washer a twist to break them free from their bondage.

The tone control hardware pretty much needs just a little face time with a Dremel tool and a wire wheel attachment. If you don’t have a Dremel tool...get one! Best damn Christmas present ever. Each piece as well as the t rod washers will need to be burnished to remove any remaining deposits prior to getting a good soak in WD40. Don’t forget your safety goggles kids...a wire wheel shard in the eye sucks.

In mid process below. I also gave the fully separated lug screws and washers a once over with the Dremel wire wheel as there will be rust and corrosion in that area where the washers were stuck together. The lug screws will get yet another ride on the “Pink Snot Express” to ensure they are rust free.

I also used the pink snot on tension rods...makes them all pretty again.

The old “shake, shake, shake” in the pickle jar filled with acetone for a final rinse.

This is how the lug screws should look after the second pink snot bath, rinsing, drying and another shot with the Dremel wire wheel. Both the flat and split washers are now free floating on the screw shaft. Oh so sparkly.

Now the next part, I've never actually tried before. Normally I jut soak these in WD40 for future rust abatement and call it a day. However, my friend Kevin Cundy up in the Great White North mentioned in a Facebook post that he likes to shoot them with some gold metallic spray paint. I figured what the hell, I’ll try it on a few of the screws and see how it looked. The two spray cans pictured below both look like gold, but the “Bright Coat” one on the right is a bright Silver Metallic finish. I shot these test screws first with a light coat of the silver from all angles, then hit it with a light coat of the gold when the first silver coat was wet. I thought maybe the two sheens (silver and gold...not Charlie and Martin) would play well off of each other. The idea is to kind of mist it on. You can go back and hit it with a mist of of the silver again to get an even lighter mixed metallic sheen if you wish.

Test screws close up...pretty shwanky.

I thought “Hey these look pretty fucking awesome...I’ll just do the rest of them!”

Below are the finished product on the right, with some original yellow zinc plated, super clean screws on the left. The spray coat will keep the rust at bay for the foreseeable future and make them as close to factory fresh as possible. This is by no means a perfect match and they are lacking that blue/green yellow zinc cast, but I don’t see anyone coming out with a snazzy “Popeil’s Pocket Yellow Zinc Electroplate DIY Kit” any time soon...and don’t think me and some other guys with fist fulls of fucked up looking screws haven’t researched that possibility as well.

Booosh...in just a few hours...this happened.

So the moral of the story is...yes, I do have too much free time on my hands (that’s not actually true, I have two kids which means zero free time) and even though your screws may look like total ass...they can in fact be revitalized with some due diligence, elbow grease...and of course “Pink Snot”.

Cheers and thanks for taking a look!

- jt

#Vintage Tama Drums #Tama Imperialstar #Loctite #Naval Jelly #rustoleum #wd40 #dremel