Hey all. I had some shells in the closet and thought I would finally try something that's been on my mind, which is making my own [cheap] gold sparkle wrap. Good for MIJ not really for high end drums.
So this is Dura-lar plastic sheeting, Recollections gold sparkles from Michaels Crafts, Krylon "triple thick crystal" clear glaze, and wood glue. The clear glaze goes on the plastic, the sparkles get dumped all over that, then shaken off [excess reclaimed], then let it dry, then coat the shell in wood glue, then apply, rough side down.
The wood glue dries hard to prevent lifting all over the place, it probably doesn't grab the plastic but certainly grabs the millions of sparkles glued to it. Contact cement was too rubbery for the relatively pliant Dura-lar....this I discovered on the bass drum! Should have started with the smaller tom shell...
I would have liked to use larger sparkles but this is Canada so I had to make a trip to the boonies just to get the extra fine stuff. I did mix it with some larger "grit" silver sparkle my dad had lying around [runs in the family!]. Anyway it looks better in real life, not so yellow, more champagne/bronze like.
It's relatively cheap and when done I will have a nice GS three-piece, 12", 16", 22".
Try this at home!
Mitch
