Getting my snare drum re painted

[DrummerTim95]

Thinking of going to a professional car customizer to get my steel snare drum painted. I assume that so long as I don't paint the inside of the drum it shouldn't affect the sound. Any other opinions on this?

[beermaniac]

the sound won't be affected unless you'll put insane amounts of paint. keep in mind that painting over chrome is very difficult, so sandblasting is advised

[DrummerTim95]

the sound won't be affected unless you'll put insane amounts of paint. keep in mind that painting over chrome is very difficult, so sandblasting is advised

Alright cool, it's a joey jordison snare so as far as I know it's not a chrome so it should be ok.

[beermaniac]

Alright cool, it's a joey jordison snare so as far as I know it's not a chrome so it should be ok.

in that case it's an easy job

[nik12]

keep in mind that painting over chrome is very difficult, so sandblasting is advised

Thinking of going to a professional car customizer to get my steel snare drum painted.

I think that they would probably have it covered....

[trickg]

If you have a buddy who does auto work and is willing to paint your drum on the cheap, that's cool, but otherwise you'd probably be better served doing a paint job yourself - you'd save a ton of money, that's for sure.

I ended up using a lazy susan bearing (Home depot - something like $6) and attaching it to the underside of a piece of plywood. If you put the drum on that, you can spin the drum and it makes it easy to get a good smooth coat of paint or lacquer on drum projects. That's how I did this floor tom that I made to match my Pearl SMX in Vintage Fade. This was done with aerosol cans of ColorTone lacquer I got from Stewart MacDonald:



What about the etchings? Are you going to leave those on there or try to sand them off? From my perspective, all you'd need to do is to choose your paint, use a quality primer, and go from there. I just picked up a couple of Acrolite shells on the cheap, so I'm in the process of thinking about just what I want to do for colors for a refinish. I already did one in a hammered black metallic, and I like it a lot, but I want to be a bit more creative on these next projects. I was thinking of doing a candy apple red sparkle for one of them. Here's the pic of my refinished/repainted Acrolite.

[DrummerTim95]

If you have a buddy who does auto work and is willing to paint your drum on the cheap, that's cool, but otherwise you'd probably be better served doing a paint job yourself - you'd save a ton of money, that's for sure.

I ended up using a lazy susan bearing (Home depot - something like $6) and attaching it to the underside of a piece of plywood. If you put the drum on that, you can spin the drum and it makes it easy to get a good smooth coat of paint or lacquer on drum projects. That's how I did this floor tom that I made to match my Pearl SMX in Vintage Fade. This was done with aerosol cans of ColorTone lacquer I got from Stewart MacDonald:

What about the etchings? Are you going to leave those on there or try to sand them off? From my perspective, all you'd need to do is to choose your paint, use a quality primer, and go from there. I just picked up a couple of Acrolite shells on the cheap, so I'm in the process of thinking about just what I want to do for colors for a refinish. I already did one in a hammered black metallic, and I like it a lot, but I want to be a bit more creative on these next projects. I was thinking of doing a candy apple red sparkle for one of them. Here's the pic of my refinished/repainted Acrolite.

Wow! Judging by that floor tom you definitely seem to know what you're doing! I do know a guy who works for jaguar and he is also a drummer so I guess I could ask him to do it. I'm actually debating whether or not to just send the shell to you with however much you want and asking you to do it lol.

[trickg]

The floor tom didn't turn out exactly like I wanted it - I took the darker/mahogany red up too far on the side, but it more than passes close scrutiny, especially since I outfitted it with matching Pearl hardware.

I will say this though - I couldn't have done that fade without the lazy susan bearing platform. That made it SO easy - just spin the drum, hold the spray can and then the only thing I had to worry about was distance and vertical direction. More than anything else, it helped me to get evenness on my coats of clear that went over the top.

I think that it's a project you should do - if you do your research, take your time and pay attention to the details, you'll be successful without a doubt. As a side note, I didn't use the lazy susan bearing platform on the Acrolite - that was done with me walking around in a circle with the drum on a stationary platform in the middle. The most important thing to remember is to not over-apply your paint and get runs.

[Kiwi]

Nice work trickg. I do have a car painter friend so would probably take the easy route and get him to do it if I was repainting/finishing.

[DrummerTim95]

The floor tom didn't turn out exactly like I wanted it - I took the darker/mahogany red up too far on the side, but it more than passes close scrutiny, especially since I outfitted it with matching Pearl hardware.

I will say this though - I couldn't have done that fade without the lazy susan bearing platform. That made it SO easy - just spin the drum, hold the spray can and then the only thing I had to worry about was distance and vertical direction. More than anything else, it helped me to get evenness on my coats of clear that went over the top.

I think that it's a project you should do - if you do your research, take your time and pay attention to the details, you'll be successful without a doubt. As a side note, I didn't use the lazy susan bearing platform on the Acrolite - that was done with me walking around in a circle with the drum on a stationary platform in the middle. The most important thing to remember is to not over-apply your paint and get runs.

Yeah i think I'll do that.

[trickg]

I've just been on the Dupli-Color website and there are a lot of cool paints I'm looking at - mainly the colored metallic or metal specks paints. When I did the hammered metallic finish the last time, it was because it was a simple two-step process of primer and paint giving me good looking results without a lot of headache, but I'm going to do some more research this time into seeing just what's possible with my next Acrolite projects.

[DrummerTim95]

I've just been on the Dupli-Color website and there are a lot of cool paints I'm looking at - mainly the colored metallic or metal specks paints. When I did the hammered metallic finish the last time, it was because it was a simple two-step process of primer and paint giving me good looking results without a lot of headache, but I'm going to do some more research this time into seeing just what's possible with my next Acrolite projects.

I'm thinking of going for a cherry red colour and maybe getting the lugs done white or chrome. I can just picture it!

[Jeremy Kitch]

So this would be a good time to chime in and say I do custom paint on the side!!!!! How big of a kit do you want to do??? You name your theme and I will airbrush it. You can check out a lil of my work on Facebook under my name