Thanks all. I'll go with the majority and use some good ole silver paint. Thanks again.
Thanks all. I'll go with the majority and use some good ole silver paint. Thanks again.
The paint/lacquer fills in pores and imperfections in the wood shell resulting in a more uniform surface.
And indeed, we would paint, or polyurethane, the inside of our Japanese 60's"cheesewood" drums, to get every extra bit we could out of them.
Would love to learn how this turned out. I doubt it is as easy as a can of spray paint from your local hardware store.
I don't have the book with me but the story goes (paraphrasing as I read it 3 years ago)
"At one point, Fred Gretsch wanted something to make his product stand out. One of the things that comprise 'that great Gretsch sound' was the use of silver sealer on the inside of shells. That silver sealer was (whatever the model number was) silver paint that Fred found at a local hardware store. The rest, is history."
I doubt it is as easy as a can of spray paint from your local hardware store.
Rust - Oleum has been around, since 1921. A book I'm reading on Gretsch drums refers to the paint used as "galvanized fence paint" .... I think it is as easy as a can of spray paint ... from the local hardware store. As long as it's silver.
I use Rustoleum paint color name "Aluminum" for my Gretsch restorations and it matches great.