refinished my drums

[emmaskater]

what can i used to remove the glue?

[Overusingthestapler]

That's incredibly nice! :D This inspired me to do this, any tips on amount of finish or lacquer and things like that? that would be really helpful!

[joshuachan56]

Looks great! Probably one of the most impressive drum modification i've ever seen!

Looks like a professinal kit. Particularly the Tama Starclassic series.

[COBdrummer25]

Those are the sweetest drums i ever seen fuck i almost had an orgasm seeing those. they are freaking awesome. btw do you have a tutorial for painting up those screws and stuff cuz i would like them to be black on my set. :)

[SuperAndyman101]

how did you finish the hoops for the bassdrum? and also did you have to sand the glue off of the shell one you took the plastic cover off of it?

[TheRecordGeek]

nice & much better than what you had before. wanna do mine next?

[fagothebest1]

yeah!! i liked! did you varnished the whole drumset¿? Before or after¿?

Good job!

[ThePoydo]

Looks sick man!!!!! :) Wonder what you did with the rest of your drums?

[hahahaha1522ify]

wow that looks superb!!

[MrWhiteguy6]

wwwooooowww nice job but i don't gonna try that !

[pinkfloydianslip77]

Nice i just refinished my pdp set. Like yours it turned out amazing. It takes alot of time and patience, but well worth it. Its like having a new set. I used a driftwood stain by minwax, and then used clear polyurethane fast dry, by minwax. I applied my stain with a rag, and the poly with a foam brush.

[upyoursorelse]

Hey sweet job man, did you use lacquer or polyurethane, and what did you use to apply it

[ifad69]

wow it looks great! How much did all the materials cost? Planning to do the same

[CarlosMacMartin]

Custom drums rule! Good Job!!!!

[Shriffican]

That Xs20 ride sucks

[loud98gmc]

dude !!!!! been workin on redoing my set and i just watched damn near all the drum refinishing vids on youtube and yours came out the best !!!! love the color ! sooooo much better then just a regular brownish wood color. props !!!!!! thumbs up !!! and im sure its been asked already but exactly what stain did u use ???

[yosoyjon1]

dude I love this song! I dont know anyone else who knows this song...awesome!

[moonlightmurder86]

How may coats of pre-stain is required for this job ? I'm planing on doing my kit but a different color but u want to make shure I have all the right coats for everything :p nice job on your kit btw

[drummersabu]

hey dude.... it came out looking way better than what it looked before. It looks awesome. congratulations.

[a7fold95]

what did you do to get that nice shinny clear finish?

[CrackermanLive]

Nice job

[scottttyoung]

very nice man, you shoud get some wood hoops for your bass drum and stain them red too.

[kevinandresgiler666]

friend, as creastes that effect with paint?

[phuckyutube615]

how many coats of stain did you use, and did you condition the wood any before or after staining? sand sealer? and what the hell did you you use for your top coat? Thats a nice gloss man.

[mcginzo313]

i have the same Pearl EXP black on black, just started refinishing....good work!

[TheBATACALOCA]

i like it,its fucking good bro ----->>>>>>>>>>>>

[Dilges88]

looks fantastic man

[brandontheninjag]

Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone. For those asking what I used, if you go through the comments, you'll find a few posts that have the exact materials used for this project. Thanks agin y'all. And be sure to post some videos of your kits if you decide to refinish them. It's always inspiring to see what others can do to make their kits more "them." take care.

[rredsand]

i just had an eyegasm looking at it

[ssargnohgih]

i'm scheming to finish mine almost identical to yours sometime within the week. what type of lacquer did you use for the clear coat?

[AkatsukiArts]

amazing kit

[bmedeiros678]

Great job! Wood filler was a great idea.

[themonkeylarry5000]

did you put wood polish to make it shiny after?

[keystage12]

wow looks sick man

[JimmyLovesAttention]

that looks sick, probably gonna do the same to my kit, what stain did you use?

[MrObie94]

so sick

[MrObie94]

so sick

[gramual]

so nice. i have an export too, i put a good amount of money into making it sound great but it looks lame. This video makes me want to refinish it. Great job man, looks sick

[worldtraveler808]

Dude, That rocks that looks like it's right of the assembly line. Again Nice!

[JenJennetik]

nice job! Looks alot better then the Wrap! ;)

[jose9819]

hey what an amazing job

what nd wut did u use do this

damn it looks so nice

[freestylefilmsinc]

dude that looks lieke a £1000 kit now

[Represent613]

fuck dude thats amazing !

[brandontheninjag]

thanks.

[brandontheninjag]

wow, thanks a lot. i'm extremely pleased with it myself. i was very surprised at how well it came out too.  especially since projects that take patience aren't really my thing. i'm a rush rush rush kind of guy. but i lucked out with this project.

[Fecicles]

Just to let know, you're finish looks incredible. Can you tell me what exact minwax polyurethane you used (i.e. water-based, fast-drying, high build, etc.)? Thanks!

[brandontheninjag]

thank a lot! i really dig it.

i used 3 different things for the whole process.

1. Minwax Pre-Stain. it keeps the wood from soaking up all the stain to help prevent uneven finishes.

2. Minwax Plolyshades Bombay Mahogany Gloss. 3 light coats. i let each coat dry for about 12 hours.

3. Minwax Polyurethane Gloss Clear. 1 coat, applied with a wooly looking pad. they have them in the paint section of home depot, lowes, etc.

again, thanks. i'm really happy with the result i got .

[brandontheninjag]

i think all that stuff was fast dry.... ?

not really sure. i just grabbed some stuff that i thought might work.  this was the first time i had ever done any wood staining.

[brandontheninjag]

oh, btw, it has a much more "red-ish" look in the pictures than it does in person. it could be the sun-light that was hitting it when i took the pics. but in a room with no natural light, it's a much deeper, mahogany color.

[Fecicles]

@brandontheninjag Awesome, thanks dude

[brandontheninjag]

no problem.

[ElGoNzA2393]

hello man, the drums looks espectacular,but I have a question, what color you used to make the stripes? did you use black or darker red?

[brandontheninjag]

@ElGoNzA2393

stripes? what stripes? i didn't do anything other than stain the wood. any deviation in color that you see is the wood grain coming through. and to be honest, it doesn't look anywhere near that red in person. it's a much darker shade. i guess it's the lighting in the room i have them in now though. these pictures were taken with a lot of sunlight coming in the room.

[ElGoNzA2393]

@brandontheninjag ahhh okay thanks for clarifying, excuse my ignorance, good job

[MFRoosy16]

omg this looks way hotter than that 4 peice gretch one for 600 dollars im so taking this idea. can't wait......... i already half way done just gotta stain and wood fill..... love cherry red..

[brandontheninjag]

be sure to post a video response so we can all see how awesome your kit looks when you're done.

good luck with it. :)

[brousseau733]

what is the name of the color you shose for the stain? i will probably take the same color i really like it. And for staining et varnishing, what kind of brush did you use?

[brandontheninjag]

Minwax Bombay Mahogany. and i used a rag to wipe it on. 3-4 coats. make sure you put a coat of pre-stain on before the actual stain. after i let the stain dry for 2 days, i put on one coat of minwax polyurethane clear coat. i could have done a few more to give it a better finish. but, i'm too impatient.

good luck with yours. :D

[brandontheninjag]

oh, and for the clear coat, i used a stain applicator thing that look like a little shaggy rug on a wood handle. you'll see them near the stains at home depot, or wherever you get your supplies.

[brousseau733]

ok thxs a lot!!

[MFRoosy16]

@brandontheninjag what do you mean by prestain like what does that do? and what did you do to make it shiny? is that the last coat. know as gloss or shine?

[brandontheninjag]

pre-stain is a product that you apply BEFORE the colored stain. it soaks into the wood and seals it (kind of). it helps prevent an uneven color in you finished product. and the last coat was a clar, gloss polyurethane.

[MFRoosy16]

@brousseau733 i would go to menards or some hardware store and pick out several stains and then get a peice of wood and stain marks to see which one you like best..

[brousseau733]

it looks great ^^

[brandontheninjag]

thanks :)