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Filling holes with the original sparkle wrap.

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I have been experimenting on filling holes in a ludwig silver sparkle shell. This is a orphan shell that needs rewraping, no good drum were harmed in anyway. I tried filling some with glitter glue and then with epoxy mixed with large glitter. The results were fair at best. Then I filled a hole with the wrap from under a lug. This had much more desirable results,

heres the glitter glue repair. The silver glitter glue had a few other colors mixed in it.

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1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 12 years ago
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Next I mixed large glitter with epoxy and the results were better

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 12 years ago
#2
Posts: 2237 Threads: 272

Now I did something I have been thinking about for a long time and the results were almost perfect. The hole was a little over 1/4". I got a 5/16" hollow punch, a 5/16" dowel rod, and a 5/16" drill bit. drilled the hole to 5/16, cut a 5/16" plug with the hollow punch, and epoxy the dowel into the hole and glued the patch plug to the top of the dowel. Hammerd everything down even and removed my protective tape that I had cut a 5"16" hole in. I was very pleased with these results.

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 12 years ago
#3
Posts: 2237 Threads: 272

I heated the wrap with a heat gun to soften in up to cut the repair plug.

I got the wrap a little to hot, but i would have been under a lug so i wouldnt show.

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 12 years ago
#4
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This punch set is cheap. I think I got it at harbour freight....

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1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 12 years ago
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From poppy79424

I heated the wrap with a heat gun to soften in up to cut the repair plug. I got the wrap a little to hot, but i would have been under a lug so i wouldnt show.

So where did the holes in the last two pics. go ??

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Posted on 12 years ago
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From poppy79424

Now I did something I have been thinking about for a long time and the results were almost perfect. The hole was a little over 1/4". I got a 5/16" hollow punch, a 5/16" dowel rod, and a 5/16" drill bit. drilled the hole to 5/16, cut a 5/16" plug with the hollow punch, and epoxy the dowel into the hole and glued the patch plug to the top of the dowel. Hammerd everything down even and removed my protective tape that I had cut a 5"16" hole in. I was very pleased with these results.

That's a fantastic repair! What type of saw/blade did you use to cut such a thin plug? Did it get all splintery?

Brian

'65/'66 Slingerland Stage Band in Red Sparkle Pearl
'67 Rogers Buddy Rich Headliner in Blue Sparkle Pearl
'49 WFL 6.5x14 Contest Snare
'55 Slingerland 7x14 Hollywood Ace Snare
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Posted on 12 years ago
#7
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That's an amazing job. Now I want to go out and find a wrap to repairCool1

Posted on 12 years ago
#8
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Interesting. You have to fill up the hole with the glitter glue. You don't see any of the wood or anything on mine. I will try to post a close up later.

Posted on 12 years ago
#9
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I need to do this on my Apollo kit, so thanks for the tips!

JC


Thank you!
Jeff C

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Posted on 12 years ago
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