Well......I'm back at it again on this snare. I've been using it off and on for over a year now, thought I had it sold on ebay about a month ago, but ended up with it back. Seems the buyer thought it was "significantly not as described"....a total fabrication by him. Anyway.......as some of you may recall, I got this drum fairly cheap about two years ago from a local chain music store (not GC) that didn't know what they had. Well, it was missing some pieces and had some finish issues, extra holes, etc. Sonce then I've wrapped it twice in two different finishes, found the correct hardware that was missing, but never filled any of the extra holes.
Well.....I've stripped it apart again right down to the shell again. The drum was originally a gloss black lacquer paint finish, and this time that's what I'm restoring it to. First time I wrapped it in silver satin flame....well, that didn't hold up well at all. The second time I cheated a bit and wrapped it in gloss black "nitron" to keep the "original" look of the drum. Well.....apparently 3M water-based contact adhesive doesn't bond well to painted surfaces, even though I gave the shell a rough sanding first too give the glue some "tooth" to bite too. The wrap has started lifting......soooo.........now I've decided to do it the way I should have to begin with.
All the wrap and glue has been removed now. Extra holes and other issues have been plugged and filled with this great wood epoxy putty filler I found at Rockler Woodworking the other day. (Its doing wonders on a Slingerland 8x12 shell I'm working on as well.) So, once the filler sets up, the smooth sanding will commence. I found a pretty close match to the original silver sealer paint with a Krylon spray, and I found a nice gloss black lacquer spray paint from Rustoleum today. After the paint is applied later in the week, the polishing of all the chrome will commence once again, and then re-assembly for the final time. (I hope!)
I'll keep you guys posted with final pics when its done.