FINAL PAINT JOB! sorry, lots of big pics

[wipe_my_button]

so i finally finished painting my drums. i am pleased with the result, and i hope you guys like it!

what they looked like before
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS001.jpg

drums before anything
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS006.jpg

bass drum 18x22
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS012.jpg

floor tom 16x16
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS014.jpg

[wipe_my_button]

small tom 8x12
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS017.jpg

after sanding...i was tired
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS019.jpg

the coat of black first
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS022.jpg

the stuff i used...i know, bad pic
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS023.jpg

[osiecki]

Nice paint. ;)

EDIT: Nice, diggin' color the choice.

[wipe_my_button]

i hate putting hardware on
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS026.jpg

all my toms
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS030.jpg

the setup...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS033.jpg

...and again...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS034.jpg

[wipe_my_button]

...i love how i painted the rims on the BD...i thought it was sexy.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/wipe_my_button/drums/DRUMS036.jpg


i really hope you guys think it looks cool. im getting new hardware and heads very very soon. what you guys think?

[osiecki]

Niiiice man, did you stain it at all?

[ludvista29]

that looks kinda a little like an old vintage kit :thumb:

[Jezen]

Woah! Very nice transition on the fade! Good job man.

[Drum Monkey]

wow good job on the fade :thumb:

-DM

[Panopticon]

thats a sweet fade...i like how you tried to hide that it was a CD by putting a port on the reso where the logo is...

It looks like your missing a tension rod on the reso side of your medium tom...

[Locke]

Oh man thats a fantastic finish!

Congrats on getting it looking sexy :D

[Jezen]

It looks like your missing a tension rod on the reso side of your medium tom...

I see 3 missing.

[Wizz]

I like it , looks fake tough :D it needs a good polish

[Drum Phil]

Excellent work

[Futuro]

Great job man! Looks like a pro did it!

[Panopticon]

I see 3 missing.

good eye...

[White]

Wow, nice painting, but move your toms closer together

[Meridian91]

nice fade... prob 10000 people have sed it all.. put your toms up and squah em in a bit :) thats hot.. the bass drum hoop thingy is cool also...

- Meridian

[Aaron]

nice

[Plan B.]

Wow, that looks awesome!

[Kainen]

sexy job. I'd be afraid to do something like that to a kit, for fear of messing it up.:thumb:

[ian1988]

Finish it with a layer of lacquer and it will be nice and smooth!!

[osiecki]

I think there are four missing...

[Loser]

Niiiice man, did you stain it at all?


Stain paint?

[nzrocker]

that looks kinda a little like an old vintage kit :thumb:

Yeah that's what I thought too. You did a brilliant job, well done.

[osiecki]

Stain paint?
Lol, I mixed up my words...

I meant "did you put any coats of poly on it?"

...how did I screw that up? lol..

[fullmetalhaallee]

Wowzers, its beautiful!

[Jezen]

Oh yeah, I see now that at least 4 are missing.

[osiecki]

Yeah, one on the other side of the that tom.

Feckin movers lost 10 of my tension rods for my Ultracast snare..

[-Taye-]

Nice Job.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Nice man. Im glad to see somebody else on here with a lip ring:thumb:

[wipe_my_button]

lol thanks for all the comments guys.

about the missing tension rods, im not planning on using the meduim tom....i like the 4 piece setup better. i only put it in the pic to show all the drums. i had to take some rods off of it cause i lost some on my small tom.

thanks for the comments guys!

[-TheGlassPrison-]

CLEARCOAT it.

[Splinter364]

Nice job :D

[wipe_my_button]

how do i clearcoat it

[-TheGlassPrison-]

you spray clearcoating onto it.

I dont know if you can buy it.. if not a painter could do it.

It makes the finish glossier and 10x better... and also protects the paint.

[Tim]

wow those look great. those would look so bad *** with coated or smooth white heads on them.

[Talos]

^ Coated Ambs would like cool on it, blue and white go really well together. Black hardware would also have been cool.

[Der Meister]

If you laquered it, it would be orgasmic

[wipe_my_button]

ive ordered smooth white emps over smooth white ambs for the toms, cs dot head and hazy 300 for the snare, and powerstroke 3 for bass batter, and black powerstroke 3 for reso....so that will look sweeeet.

i did laquer them, i put like 3 coats and all of them...and like 5 coats on the bass drum. ill head over to lowes sometime and see if they have clearcoating.

[-TheGlassPrison-]

Also save up for new hardware, pedal... could be considered hardware and a new snare.

[wipe_my_button]

question....everyone keeps telling me to flatten out my toms.

if i do that, they will either hit my bass drum or i wont be able to hit it....any reason?

[A_Guy]

That's sexy

[Josiah]

Nice fade job.. really rough on the finish though. Couple of clear coats + sanding should fix that.

[i_am_zombie_jesus]

Sweet man good job!

[Brokensticks]

Awesome refinishing job man, how much did it cost you and how long did it take? I'm planning on doing the same thing but have been putting it off forever. Awesome snare stand man!

[theflame85]

Great fade mate, your very talented.

[Rayne264]

good job, looks much better than before. :thumb:

[wipe_my_button]

Brokensticks: it cost about $40 at most for me. I used about 8 cans of spraypaint (3 black, 2 dark blue, 1 light blue, and 2 laquer cans), paint thinner, tape, and sandpaper. i never worked on it for long periods at a time, cause the paint had to dry a lot. i would say it took me maybe 2 weeks.

im really happy with the end. i ordered new cymbals and stuff so ill get updated pics soon.

[MXboy]

wow-zor-copter. good fade.

[Zildjian]

that turned out pretty nice....I would never try doin it myself but really nice job

[Chrysostom]

i really hope you guys think it looks cool. im getting new hardware and heads very very soon. what you guys think?

That is truly awesome. You got skillz man. :thumb:

In other news, am I the only one who hates the way steel snares look? They look like compressed food cans, they even have the indents round the middle like cans do. Urgh.

[Chester]

in the pictures ur toms arent too flat at all, its just bad when they are really angled.

awesome finish, i wish i knew how to do that

[wipe_my_button]

lol honestly i dont have much skill. its not really that hard to do. if you mess up just go back over it.

BTW IVE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN MY HARDWARE AND NOTHING WORKS...bleach, toilet bowl cleaner, mineral spirits, coke, anyone have any ideas?