If the nicks/scratches are real noticeable you might try filling the deeper ones in with some like-colored crayons. I've seen that work on car paint before.
rewrap or not in generall
The butcher block has a cool vibe to it.Just a guess that wrap alone would cost around $500-$600.
Yea I actually called a company in Kansas City called ExplorersDrums and asked them if they had the butchers block wrap available and they didn't. The guy said he'd look around to see what he could come up with and asked me to email him pictures of the damage. He called back a little later and told me that it's basically kitchen counter top formica and I could go to Home Depot or Lowes and get a sheet of butchers block formica laminate. He also said that it usually costs more to rewrap a set than the drums themselves. At that point I just said I'll clean and polish them up and leave them alone.
I will probably be taking them there to have them recut my bearing edge though, the guy I talked to seemed very knowledgeable and was really helpful.
Nobody makes that finish for drum wraps, aside from custom made ones that would probably be more expensive and not look the same or be as durable.
I honestly didn't like the finish when I first got them about 7 or 8 years ago but they've grown on me and now I actually like them quite a bit.
If the nicks/scratches are real noticeable you might try filling the deeper ones in with some like-colored crayons. I've seen that work on car paint before.
That's actually not a bad idea. Although I wouldn't want to do it a bunch since most of the scratches go from a lighter color stripe to a darker color stripe and I think it would be pretty noticeable, but for some of the smaller stuff it might work. There is a few places where you can see the wood shell underneath and it has darkened from age so it stands out against the lighter color of the wrap and it would probably help hide those.
Thanks, I think I'll try that out.
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