I have a 17 x 12 marching snare drum in Black Diamond Pearl that I have converted to a 17" bass drum. I really like the size compared to 18" or 20" bass drums. However, it has an original calfskin head that sounds great as a batter head, but is is rust stained. I would like to dye the head black to cover the stain and to match a black plastic reso head on the front. Does anyone have any experience dyeing calfskin? Would it change the tone or damage the head? What kind of dye would work best? If you don't mind, I would also like comments sent by email, because I sometimes loose track of the forum answers. I won't admit to senility, but ???
Thanks in advance.
Don Thorpe
[email]donothorpe@gmail.com[/email]