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Idea for cleaning up felt beaters

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I may have found a way to brighten the appearance of old felt beaters.

It's a car restoration/fix up spray dye made by Dupli-Color. I don't know if it's a dye... it just says "Vinyl & Farbic Coating."

Bought a can of white at Auto Zone. Used a wire brush to clean the crud and dust accumulation off the beater.

Tape up the cap and rod, and start sprayin' the beater. The felt REALLY soaks it up.

I finished one for the recent build. After I took these pics, I used a wire brush to kind of take the 'too new' down a notch. I haven't road tested this to see how it wears, but what's the worst that could happen?

Just an idea...may work great... if it doesn't, it won't be awful..... what the heck?

I'm sure open to other suggestions!

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Looks nice !

I sent you a PM.....

Kev

Kevin
Posted on 11 years ago
#2
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I wonder if dry cleaning would work. (If they could do it.)

B

Vintage Drum Fan (Not a Guru)
Posted on 11 years ago
#3
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Bill, did spraying it with the restoration dye make the ball denser/heavier? You mentioned that it absorbed a lot of the spray stuff, I'm just curious how it affected the weight of the ball.

Nice job BTW, the beater looks factory fresh!

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 11 years ago
#4
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Wow!!

That pedal restore looks great.

Ghost stickers are coming along. Will PM on those.

Creighton

Nothing special here but I like them.
Posted on 11 years ago
#5
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PS - Is the photo of the pedal you did for me?

If so... va, va, va voom! Cool1

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 11 years ago
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I know a fair amount about dry cleaning and that is not a good option. Its basically a washing machine and dryer combination machine that uses a solvent other than water. Perc is typical except in SoCal where banned and they use silicone or DF2000 an Exxon product A dry cleaner could more than likely steam clean it with high pressure steam (water) and then spot clean with dry cleaning fluid. I would not recommend and probably expensive.

You could use Naptha (dry clean fluid) yourself and see how it does or perhaps try something like K2R spot lifter or Resolve carpet and upholstery cleaner.

Hope that helps. Be careful with Naptha...follow directions, its flammable and not good for you.

Ludwig Drums ('65-'69)
Posted on 11 years ago
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