I purchased a couple vintage hoops the other day with the inlays stapled on..

The guy I purchased them from recommended I very carefully remove the staples with an awl and mark where each staple came from and which strip was in which place on each hoop.

He said the best way to put the inlay back on after re-painting the hoop was to push the staple back in the exact spot on the hoop and in the inlay that they came out of... he said it would hold and insure no damage to very difficult to replace vintage inlay strips.

Mine happen to be late 50's Aqua.. Blue.. Green?? Slingerland Sparkle which he said I could never replace with new color strips so preservation was paramount.

That's what I got... don't know the validity.. I am a total novice.

Best of luck.

Thanks for the post. Yes I am worried about the strips - they are mainly fine; but the ends are a bit fragile and have some rust and a few tiny splits. The kit was very neglected and the staples were just rusted through. After a bit of experimentation, I think I'm going to use a few small spots of contact cement. It's easy to remove later and I am not really keen on using staples. As well, I tossing up another idea for the hoop inlay (see other post) thanks again.

When repainting my hoops I just used painters tape to cover the inlay without removing. They came out great and I never had to remove the original tacks or worry about replacing.

Just a thought

What is nice using Weldwood Contact cement is you can coat the inlay and the inlay channel and wait 15 mins. and press them together, they ain't going anywhere

Be careful with what contact cement you use. I used a petro based contact cement on bass drum hoop inlays and over the course of five years the inlays slowly deformed due to a chemical reaction with the petro based cement. I use a contact cement "Weldbond". It's water based and in spite of looking just like plain old Elmer's glue, the stuff does hold, and holds well. The inlays won't warp or deform. Hope this helps.

Regards

DonS

Tucson AZ

Hi,

I just glued a new strip onto one of my 60's Ludwig hoops. The strip was part of a glass glitter rewrap project that may be completed someday. I used the 3m 30NF glue that I bought along with the wrap from Precision Drum.

Glueing the strip in the channel was easy. I had to do a short and long strip to meet the circumference and provide some overlap. I followed the tried and true practices for rewrapping.Piece of cake.

I have not yet added a staple, am thinking I might add some other form of upholstery tack--these drums long since lost their originality, and staples are tacky, heh heh. Of course with the two piece wrap, I would need to put two staples, tacks, etc.

have fun,

Patrick

I've had sucess with simple Elmers white all purpose glue. Does the job and if you have too much, it dries clear

If you have repainted the rims lately, scrape the paint from the inlay groove. Unless you wait for several weeks, new paint may give you problems holding onto the inlay. Some advice from a drum maker to me a while back.

I saved the staples when I did mine too. I also used a thin line of good ole Elmer's white all purpose glue and put the original staples back in.

A year later and much playing been done - still holding strong on the blue Ludwig Vistalite drum outfit.

John