How To Make Your Old Drums Look Like A Million Bucks – Part 3: Adding The Clear Coat
Over the Summer of 2018, I embarked on a journey to restore my old Pearl drum set. What started out a hardware upgrade turned into an entire drum set restoration project. The drums were never properly sealed, as they had a wrap finish when I bought them. This video outlines my process for adding the clear coat finish to the drum shells.
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Once I got going with the drum re-build… I quickly realized that my original solution for finishing the drums via the makeshift “lazy susan” wasn’t gonna cut it when it came down to adding the polyurethane and sanding.
Continue readingHow To Make Your Old Drums Look Like A Million Bucks – Part 2: Hardware Upgrade
My first thought was to have all of the drum hardware powder coated black. Since I lack the gear and the know-how to do it myself, I had to look into a service. I called a bunch of places. Out of the three shops that got back to me, the price quotes were well beyond what I was willing to spend on this rag-tag drum set.
Continue readingHow To Make Your Old Drums Look Like A Million Bucks – Part1 Staining
This past Summer (2018) I embarked on this journey to refinish my old Pearl drum set on my own with no professional help. My goal was to have a finished drum set that rivals my GMS Grand Master Series drum kit that I bought way back in 1995. Now that the project is completed, I can finally say that the drums came out even better than I had hoped. I also decided to document the entire process so I can share the entire drum set rebuild with all of my members and followers.
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