nice snare man!!!!!!
awesome cork as well!
i didn't know drum stores are now stocking them in? can you get them in brown atlantic blue to go with my kit?
lol
moose
if you are talking about a cork, i didnt get it from a shop, I got it from my a bottle of wine
intheruff
Matt, I'm toying with the idea of refurbishing my black (somewhat marred) Imperial Stars. I don't know if the black plastic can be buffed out to look new and shiny again, that would be the simpliest way to get them spruced up again. What method did you use to get the plastic off your drums? Lots of sanding after? I really like the natural wood finish you ended up with. Nice! And the BB... off the charts. But, does it sound as good as it looks?
unscrew off all the metal lugs and keep all the nuts and bolts safe (dont lose any) and then you have just the drum and the plastic covering. then get a paint scraper and scrap the plastic off. this is at your own risk of course. i tried it on my 13 inch tom first, since i use a four piece (using my 12 inch tom) it would be a loss if i screwed the 13 inch up... so go at your own risk
my experience was positive, though.
scrape the plastic and then sand the wood thoroughly. do it in the line (direction of the grain of wood if possible). use fine sand paper not coarse sandpaper. you do not want to thin the wood, only to remove loose wood that might later get caught and rip off.
then you should stain the drums, choose a stain color of you choice, my experience tells me that they came out a lot darker than i expected, so keep that in mind. i was going for a cream natural wood colour, rather than a red brown.
then get MARINE GRADE varnish and coat the drums. this stuff will strip off the stain so make sure you do at least two coats of stain (allowing the drums to dry properly between each coat, leave them over night each time). then put the varnish on evenly.
the more coates you do of varnish the shinier the drums will be, sort of like gloss finish. no varnish = matte finish.
also when you do the stain get a hand cloth or something and actually force the stain into the crevices of the wood if there are any.
the plastic wont scrape/snap off around the badge, and dont try to bend the badge! just get the plastic off as much as you can around the badge then nail file it away carefully. try not the nail file the wood around the badge or else you will leave a mark on the drum.
thats it. if you need more info please ask. and post pictures!