How to Re-Painting Drum Shells

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

Any1 think it unwise if I wanted to black stain only my innards? Will that B equivilant to eating hair dye?

[MeSoHornyMeSoStupid]

how did you cut the drums?

[adrumlegend]

you did a freaking good job there. i don´t want to do this to my drums anymore,,, i want you to do it lol

[furthurbus64]

hi, awsome job, just wanna know if you'd carried on with the black would it have been as good a quality finish, can you get the same results but in black?

[jonovaz]

Beautiful. I'm doing that with my Pearl EXR drumkit. 16x16 bass drum out of floor tom, 10 and 13 toms, and a 14" snare. I want a fully natural wood color, that's under the wrap. So, is it necessary to stain the shells? I think that only varnishing them would be enough. I really need the answer, please. Thanks a lot.

[jdrummer29]

@jonovaz Staining them looks great. I did it with my old TAMA snare after I got a 14x8 pork pie. I guess if you want to keep the color really light, that's fine but I would stain them to make it look richer. It's really simple. If not, just polyurethane and complete.

[akros1989]

and if water is what you do is more liquid or some type of solvent through

[akros1989]

the blue paint, what type of paint is? lacquers are not you? thanks for your time

[hodis795]

u sir r a fuckin genius

[codyjaybditw]

Where did you get the blue dye?! :)

[littlegldgti]

This is by far one of the best DIY drum refurbishments I've looked at on youtube, I plan on doing my own with a Tama Rockstar Pro Birch very soon.

There are two things I would like to know.

1. Did you sand the original lacquer coating off?

2. What type of clear coat did you put on it, and how was it applied?

PLEASE ANSWER you'll be my saviour! :)

[smileythejazzcat]

@littlegldgti

1. Sanding by Hand.

2.Oily Urethane Varnish by Brush Paint.

Thank you.

[humanmisconception1]

NO FUCKING SENCE!!!

[YouHaveMetYourMaker]

This will save me soo much... Instead of paying 680 for a Ludwig drum set I can get an almost identical Pearl set, or an identical Ludwig set, for $500. The Ludwig set isn't as appealing because I'd have to paint the hoops too.

[cch3st3r]

2:16 beautiful

[alexkills]

You know, if you don't have the time to go thru staining... but this way is definitely good too.

[alexkills]

I hate to be a total bitch, but i bought enamel spray from Ace Hardware in my town...

And no matter how thick the coat is, it still shows the wood grain. I'll post a video when I'm done. I had no idea enamel is translucent.

[trigorrr]

beautiful !!

[remurdereht]

just wow.

[joseantoniotc]

nice, i have a cuestion you can help me?

[rockanroleroamil]

lovely job!!! can you repaint my drum? hehehehehe

[navonechile]

Great job, and sounds real good!!!!!!

[jonguitarist]

u must have bored huh?

[wcvj91608]

I recently painted my drums but I have a question. A friend wants me to stain his drums but he already has a stain, much like your's. what should i use to remove it? like should i use an electric sander to remove the paint, or wood stripper? please write back

[7075745]

@wcvj91608 sand it with an electrical sander but try to sand it evenly.. and if needed sand by hand

[clemson99]

you did a beautiful job i plan on refinishing my drum shells any tips before i start like any certain stain i should use or sand paper comment back please :)

[wcvj91608]

wat size grain should be used to properly sand the drum down ALL the way before its ready to seal and stain and all that

[seacaptaindw]

Great job (loved Monk in the BG). I do hope they sound as good as they look!

[pancaqe1]

beautiful job smiley. I like the first black stain and then sanding before the blue stain to give it depth and the final wet sand and polish to get the glassy final coat. I've already sanded my shells, thanks for the vid

[lespaulgtars]

how did you get the bearing edge perfect?

[OperationThrash]

very nice, but how did you do it...I dont understand it with so many pics. Im trying to refinish my kit, but cant find any useful info. Any tips man, I just wanna strip the old wrap, and then stain it and have it be nice smooth and glossy, like your kite here. Any tips please.

[hitmedrums]

@OperationThrash

yea mate its easy ive done it before its easyish

[ComputerHax1343]

"how to re-painting drum shells" because you know that makes sense.

[geeofforam1]

@ComputerHax1343 how to: re-painting drum shells ;)

[humbledrumah]

@ComputerHax1343 : it's (how to) repainting drumshells you crackhead. did you notice that the newspaper and the tools in the video are from the far east. do be so critical.... 100bux you are a yankee :)

[maryou93]

why do people sand the varnish or laquer every time they apply a coat?

wouldn't the final result be a glossy surface with "scratched" coats of laquer/varnish under it?

[lmk385]

@maryou93 you only have to sand polyurethane between coats and it's because the adhesion in polyurethane isn't very strong so you sand to make the coats stick to each other better.

[maggotvenger94]

How do you aply the varnish?

[maggotvenger94]

You are my idol! :D

Great work smiley!

[HeroedeLeyenda15]

I'm definately subscribing to you =) great work mate

[HolidayBot]

ncie thanks so much please make more vids!!!

[1972hollybird]

How did you do the shadow with the black? and after you put the varnish on do you sand it off and then wet sand it??

[Deathstorm3]

i simply looooove the reinforment ring idea :)

[eltexano77057]

woow very nice done!

[syldrum]

fantastic as usual! keep up the work!

best.

[joshuaejackson]

your hard work encourages me! good music too =-)

[marcinnsz]

Very ingenious!

I like your instructional videos!

Well done!

[Bassman5881]

thank you