I would call it a day and not touch it. Looks great in the pics! I too get caught up on stuff like that - damn I hate that. But ultimately you have to be satisfied. I would let it sit for a few months and if it is still driving you crazy then go further with it. But I think you'll find that you won't be bothered about it in the long run.

Is that a wood shell that you painted chrome? Wow!!! I didn't know they made a chrome paint.

That's a beautiful drum, me I'd homemade varnish it like a violin and put calf heads on it, that would be my angle on it.

My favorite one is you redo it and then there's more pinholes! Usually pin holes are because the paint needs some flow agent, that's what it's been from my limited car painting experience.

The winners in life seem to be those that can look at the big picture in every circumstance. I can't tell you what that is for you.

What did you use, kind of paint, just spray can? And what did you use to polish it? Electric buffer? The overall look is very impressive to me.

Hey guys, thanks for the input as always. I went out and polished it again and I think I'm just going to leave well enough alone. This drum is going to be a player so I'm sure in a few years it will find its way back to the shop again.

I painted it with Valspar gloss black out of a can. I wanted to spray it with car paint but man that stuff is $$$ like $100+ and I couldn't get the stuff in small qauntities.

I painted, wet sanded, then put on another coat, wet sanded then started cutting it with 3 different compounds. If I was going to do it again, I would of just kept on putting coats the first time and not added the second round of coats after the initial wet sand.

Cya,

Mike

Why do the pics look like chrome not black?

I think it's the reflection of my overhead lights on the paint. I will take it outside and get a couple of pics...

The specks in the first one are dust.