Can't help with your dilemma, but I get what you are saying about the old Slingerland Gold Sparkle. I have a 65 Slingerland snare in that wrap that had been stored in a case most of its life and it looks just awesome! Haven't seen another wrap like it.

T-Sr.

Have you reached out to Magnus at Walopus? He can typically match just about any vintage wrap.

Michael

I also tried to match that finish and was never able to even come close with all the available stuff on the market. i was looking to wrap a FT but no luck.

That is exactly what I'm trying to accomplish...And Gunnellett,I have a 6-lug Slingerland Blue Agate snare doing the same thing...NOTHING...

The vehicle wraps have there own issues any way. Wrinkling around the lugs, etc.

We can indeed "match" some vintage wraps. While we can often get the color tone perfect, or very close, the challenge with sparkles is in the particle size. Our particles are smaller/denser than the one pictured which is not noticeable at some angles, but very noticeable at other angles.

Not that this helps, but Compact...has identified the variation in particle size between the various sparkle wraps and the crazy variation based on angle of view which brings back memories for me when I was younger back in the mid 60's.

I had several drummer friends that played sets which came from different manufacturers. We all used to get together on alternate weekends when we weren't playing with our respective bands and have drum battles in each others garages. (It always amazed me that we never heard anyone complain or call the cops on us)

On many occasions, while taking a break and looking at our sets side-by-side, we used to talk about the variations in color, but mostly in the sparkle or flake size when we took a close look...it really does make a big difference which none of us realized until we actually saw all the sets together.

If I had owned a digital camera back then I would have begun my own collection of pictures of both our sets and their wraps...of course if I had a digital camera back then I'd be very wealthy now lol

Have you ever tried fooling with this stuff? Still too small? I guess the trick would be getting it to "rest" at a million different angles instead of all flat up against the top surface...

Mitch

Yeah I've used that stuff in lacquer finishes in the past, but we can't use it in drum wrap.