Does anyone know how to clean felt beater heads? I've tried a bleach and soap overnight soak and also heavy cycle in the clothes-washer .... neither worked well enought to write home about. Thanks.
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Cleaning Felt Bass Drum Beater Heads
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Posted on 12 years ago
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I got the same question! Thanks for sharing!
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Someone a while back posted a thread or reply about cleaning them. All I remember is it involved a sock and a washing machine. :confused: The end results were excellent. Maybe they'll see this and chime in or try the search. Please post it up if you find it I'm looking for it too. Need to clean the beater on the Speed King.
Glenn.
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 12 years ago
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Funny, I'm at the same question at the moment with my 'new' Sonor double pedal.
I sourced out this:
http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=23835&highlight=felt+beater+cleaning
But still I'm looking for the '100 % satisfaction' method ...
Ralf
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Posted on 12 years ago
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Well, I am sure glad to hear that I'm not alone in this quest! I did run a search here on VDF for "Cleaning Bass Drum Beaters." it returned a thread from 9/10/2011 started by LevonPurdie-StarrGadd. The most interesting post/reply was from EZduzzit ... who explains how to build a minature bed-of-nails to fluff up the felt for better cleaning!
I still haven't heard about the "put it in a sock" method ... might be promising!
Posted on 12 years ago
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I searched and found just the one same thread. I remember the guys wife helped with the idea. Dang I'm gettin old and CRS these days!!
Glenn.
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 12 years ago
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