Now, after removing the wrap I took the luan shells and coated them with a wood filler. Sanded them down and stained them with a custom color stain that has been sitting around. This stain was choosen after several samples and test with other stains and paints. After the stain, I sprayed a heavily toned lacquer to cover the wood filler that was peaking thru the stain. I also cut some edge banding that we use to face the raw plywood edges on shelves. I taped it to a board and sprayed it along with the shells. I will use it for the base drum inlays.

Below are pictures of the shells going thru the process.

Now the drums were ready for the sparkle. This stuff is really neat and easy to use. Just mix int clear coat and go. I have a turn table that I use for spraying doors. I made up an x shaped drum holder, put the drum on it and sprayed the sparkly clear finish while spinning it with the other hand. I ended up spraying three coats of the sparkle mix and then three coats of clear gloss for the last coats. All in all, they look good but I wish I had choosen a red or blue sparkle instead of the oarang copper. I was trying to do do something different. Oh well it was a fun Sunday filled with stain, lacquer, sparkles and a ref full of beer. Yes, I sprayed everything, all coats in one day. That is the beauty of laquer!

Below is the best pictures I could get of the drums but you know how pictures never capture the true colors.

Thank you,

Jeff C

Dayum... those turned out very nicely.... good job!

Thank you.

Jeff C

Jeff - If you ask me, the 'experiment' was a banging success! It ended up looking like an age-mellowed Tangerine sparkle finish! It's darker than Tangerine wrap, but for my money, the color you got is an improvement on the eye-shocking real wrap.

You did great, bud! I'm impressed with the results. Do they make a Burgundy sparkle paint? If so, I'm buying some and using it on the next basket-case set of drums I come across.

Well done! Good results.

John

great skill level, see ur point with color choices id love to see a blue or green,or

henna color whoob whoob whoob whoob, why certainly

I think those look great and quite classy. Your color choice was spot on in my opinion. While great, blue and red sparkle kits are everywhere. Yours is now indeed custom. Great job!

Thank you everyone! John, check out the site www.paintwithpearl.com they do have a few red colors, I think. You could probably paint the drum a burgendy color for a base coat then do on of the reds. I will definatly be doing one again. I just need to make me a Purdie Shuffle turntable to make it even easier yet. The base coat yeally plays a big part and thats where you need to " experiment"

Thank you

Jeff C

Those came out great!

Good work, glad you had fun doing it...

-kellyj