Snare Drum Refinished

[asht89]

Hi, found these pictures from when i refinished an old snare drum last summer. I took the black wrap off, sanded it up and put a base coat on of plain white. I then sprayed some blue sparkle spray paint onto the drum which i picked up from hobbycraft for about £5, and once i had done that, and it had dried, i sprayed lacquer/sealer over the top of it. Anyway, the pictures will probably explain it a bit better than i can, but it gave an old drum a new lease of life aha :)

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/asht1989/drum.jpg

[T.Underhill]

I'd like to see bigger pics but from what I can tell it looks great! Nothing too special about a black wrap but a nice light blue sparkle has a custom, fresh look. Kudos!

[asht89]

Thanks!

The finished product, a little bigger:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/asht1989/19-1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/asht1989/20.jpg

[T.Underhill]

Wow...looks like a wrap.

[asht89]

man that looks really cool!


how much of the blue paint did it take to cover the whole shell?

I used the whole of that can of paint to do the whole shell. Only used a bit of the sealer, it didn't need much.

[puncturedsphere]

That turned out very nice! The result looks very high-quality!

[bojangleman]

wow...that looks like a professional wrap job!

great job man! you deffinetly did a awesome job!

Alex

[mikei]

That is incredible.

Very, very cool.

[maddrummr]

wow that looks amazing, i would like to see what it was before.

[Bob Smith]

I have a question.
Why do you use a coated head for your snare side head?

[asht89]

wow that looks amazing, i would like to see what it was before.

Thanks, i'd, upload a picture but i didnt take one before i took the plastic off and put the base coat on. I should have done really. It looked a little like this:

http://static.zoovy.com/img/surfcitymusic/W150-H150-Bffffff/B/black_snare.jpg


I have a question.
Why do you use a coated head for your snare side head?

I dont know, i dont think its coated, well it is and it isnt. its a wierd one. Ive never used them before it was on the drum when i got it, but i'd intended on changing it but never got round to it. I don't really know much about drum heads to be honest, but it sounds half decent. I had intended on getting a new snare wire too, but thats on the 'to-do list' also.

[Bob Smith]

just noticing
Cause i use a clear batter on one of my snares and i like it when ppl do things differantly.

And wow it looks much better than that picture of the one that it would look like before.

[Ironcobra]

Nice job, really looks like a wrap(good thing).