I believe they are called "rubber thingies".Laughing H

They really are called "Rubber Sleeves" in the Ludwig lit. I wasn't kidding...as odd as that might seem.

I submit for consideration in the "most beat up class" my snare stand. I got this with my used set of WFL Classics in 1964. It was in the same shape even then...lol

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I've been using it since. It's ugly, yeah, but, it's also rock solid, still works perfectly, and I wouldn't THINK of using anything else.

Anyway I recently decided I really should do something to protect the snare rims. Half-inch clear vinyl tubing does it well. The roll in the photo cost $ 4.00 probably enough tubing there for 30 stands.

P.S. By the way, does anyone have any idea what this stand is? No markings at all except for " PAT APL'D FOR" stamped into the top center piece.

I watch "How It's Made" on cable. This Plasti-Dip is a small scale version of the factory application. In manufacturing, anytime you see an item that has those rubber sleeve thingies on them have been dipped in a huge vat of Plasti-Dip stuff. So no, you will never see them actually for sale as "Rubber Sleeve Thingies"....

Yep that's what I call them.

Thanks for all the help guys. Ludwig-dude wins the Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, for his great idea of plasti-dip gonna go up to Home depot tomorrow and get some. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Did someone same "rubber tips" for snare stands???? Guess what i have them N.O.S also used. all kinds from 60s vintage M.I.J. to 80s ludwig...Mikey

Yep, and I always thought they are a heat shrunken sleeve......

Slip it on, and shrink it down with a heat gun...

We used them in all sizes small to very large to seal access points on fiber optic cables where I used to work.

The higher-end ones have a high teflon content, and when shrunken take on a nice, shiny surface that reminds me very much of the rubber sleeves on snare stand basket arms.

Probably not the same thing, but it's 5 in the morning, and "no particular place to go".

No Mikey, not those kind of tips...we are talking about the rubber sleeve thingies on the arms of the snare basket. It is a vinyl hot dip material. I learned on "How They Do It" while watching the show, they weere making pliers, and that is where thy explained how it works. Just dip the tool, or whatever in the liquid vinyl and hang it up for a while to set, and viola, it is good to go.

Exactly.....Plasti-Dip......Jumping2