"Duco" is NOT a brand of paint or a kind of paint...it is a STYLE of paint. "Duco" actually is short for "Dual Color".

David was merely recommending that an auto painting shop would know how to APPLY the paint. It could get a bit tricky for an inexperienced painter to apply the Duco colors properly.

Here are some articles from which I originated the question.

http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/magazine/feature_duco_p1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duco

Follow-up questions would be...

What kind of lacquer was used for non-wrap drums and who was the manufacturer of the lacquer for Slingerland and other mfgrs. prior to 1970?

Didn't Slingerland offer a solid black paint model in the 1960's along with the two color Duco's?

Is there any historical record on the kind of lacquer Slingerland used?

Or, was the finish applied using two colors actually lacquer or some other kind of paint?

Well, whadya know? I was misinformed about the meaning of "Duco". I stand corrected. I was told it pertained to the application of the secondary color and that definition seemed to make reasonable sense to me -before the great and powerful Wikipedia/Google came along! ;). I now see that it is a combination of Dupont Company.

I guess I have nothing else to offer in regards to the rest of your questions, but I reckon someone here will eventually.crying2-07

Usually when us drum guys refer to a Duco drum it is that the drum has a two tone paint scheme. Regardless of what the word means technically the general [COLOR=black][FONT='Times New Roman']consensus[/FONT][/COLOR] is that a Duco drum is two paint colors and not a Dupont Company drum....x-mas3

In regards to paint, the paints they used in the 60's are in most cases not the paints they use today...

This particular topic has been discussed on this forum and you should probably PM TommyP since he knows a lot about the technical aspects of paints...

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David

Yeah, I think everybody is right on this. I think in the drum world, Duco probably did mean 2 colors. While in the paint and finishing world, Duco referred to Dupont's car finish product. Thanks to everyone for their input. Your time is appreciated.

Nitro-cellulose lacquer is the stuff you are after. Am currently trying to track down someone in my neck of the woods who is good with it.

David