I used spray can. Actually you wouldnt have to tape off the inlay because it already has a protective film on it.

Ok Y'all,

I took my wood hoops to my drummer body shop friend. He's the head painter at a chevy dealer body shop here in town. Hes gonna paint them for me for free, but ill give hm something. he has a shop he does body work and painting on the side. Hes a hell of a painter. I send him business all the time. If its a insurance claim i can save the customer thier deductable and make myself several hundred. sooooo..... i cheated again!!!

Ok Y'all I got my wood hoops back today. They are all painted and shiney. They look fabulous! We're closed tomorrow, so Im gonna tune the toms and snare and redo one grommet and badge that I installed too tight, with a air impact Falling Do. I didnt mention that earlier. Ill take a few Jumping2 of that before I redo it.

Almost done finally!!!!Excited

I got all my heads, rims, and hoops on, nd got em all tuned up. Now I gotta figure out where I can put them, play them and see how they sound. I want to take pics of it out by the pool, but it has leaves in it and the water is s little low.

Are they "citrus" tree leaves? Excited

flowers2No the're not leaves. it's made of orange, lemon, lime, and grapefruit peel.

They smell good too. After a while they will change, and grow to this fuzzy black look called fuzzy wuzzy Mod........

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Sorry this is after the hoops discussion but I haven't been getting updates from VDF with any regularity. Here are hoops I did in the last few months. ****Pic1 is existing inlays , but the hoops needed repainting. METHOD: took masking tape and masked the inlay and then sprayed hoops 3 coats black gloss, followed by 2 coats clear.Be sure to score the edge with utility knife blade before removing masking! This will assure that tape doesn't peel any paint.****Pic2 & 3 is a set of brand new hoops 12 ply maple. METHOD: brush on 3 coats of clear and then glue down inlay and finish with staples on the overlap. I have to say I prefer the natural maple look(and I already had 6 sets of hoops that were black.)[/FONT]

I Understand, This project was a total rewrap, therefore there really wasnt any need for taping off, which I did and was sorry, lol. I painted my hoops glossy black laquer, When I was getting ready to glue them, I taped off both sides to keep from getting glue on my new paint. Then I noticed Sam's tape on each end of the 4 strips, I thought about it and conceeded that the tape method can be a good thing!so I peeled mmy masking tape off and 1/2 of my new glossy black laquer came with the tape, so I threw my arms in the air and took em to steve. He didnt charge me a dime but i gave him $30. I shoulda just simply used the killer hibond tape JAMMIN Sam's had supplied on the strips in the 1st place. It was too easy the 2nd time.

When I got these 69 standard's they came with a 20" slingy(supposedly) bass drum. It has the rail on top of it for the counselette. I have this statue A friend of mine made and iits too low to the ground, so Im thinking Im gonna wrap this drum in something stunning and make a pedestal out of it.

Its gonna be fabulous Y'all!!!!! IF this aint a slingy please let me know

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]After experimenting with the JSam method & the Precision method I ended up using a combination of the 2 processes much like yourself. That includes using hi-bond tape for the seams, but gluing all the way and not "floating" wrap on the shell. If you have time, I would be quite interested in a how-to video on re-installing badges with impact gun. I'm sure we could all benefit from that. I've been using a wrench on the inside and allen wrench on the outside with near perfect results. Trick is to use scotch tape so badge does not "spin" or rotate clockwise while tightening. The other trick is to tighten down 3/4, then remove grommet tool, put a flat washer over the beveled bolt; then reinstall grommet tool and tighten it up, thus sucking down and flattening the grommet to flush on the interior of the shell.:)[/FONT]