Finally refinished snare =)

[ant_182]

Ok so I just refinished my snare as you might have guessed. Here are some pictures. It was originally with black wrap and red hoops/rims and lugs etc. (ddrum diablo snare) I will replace the hoops etc. with black ones as I have only sprayed these ones and the paint will chip very easily. Still I love it!

The original colour was blue, but I thought it looked too light and discusting! So I tried out verious stuff and ended up with the following.... Please note colour may vary due to camera flash...
Heads:
CS Dot REvers - Batter -
Evans Hazy 300 - Reso-

Comments and opinions optional =)...

Close up
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/ant_182/snarefinish5.jpg
Overall
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/ant_182/snarefinish4.jpg
Overall "2"
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/ant_182/snarefinish3.jpg
Snare with hardcase...(thanks pitchfork!!! =P)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/ant_182/snarefinish2.jpg

[ant_182]

and Overall "3"
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/ant_182/snarefinish.jpg

[We_Love_Lime]

Specs?
Nvm... No Specs.
Turned out hella nice.

[Ming-a-Ling]

Looks good man. The black and blue combo looks nice.

[Zildjian]

very nice...

[ofDooM]

wicked sick.

[fastlane]

i like the blue and black but i like the glossy colors on snare drums.

[ant_182]

Cheers guys :thumb: Anyone know where I can get some black lugs, hoops/rims and a decent throw off quie cheap (UK postage) Cheers in advance





-Ant-

[pitchfork]

Sorry I can't help you there,
That refinishing job is superb though, totally flawless, got a before and after pic like they do on the shopping channels?

[ant_182]

Nah, I've never used this snare before, sorry. But if you look at this....

http://media.zzounds.com/media/brand,zzounds/p32312h-db328c1ace55c6582ba9c9c603666c83.jpg

thats the snare it was. =)



-Ant-

[Drum Monkey]

Nice job :thumb:

-DM

[KillerCrunchie]

very nice congrats

[NewMetman]

That is a nice snare, so much better than what it was :)

[ant_182]

agreed! :lol:




-Ant-

[Brokensticks]

Looks good well done.

[White]

thats pretty sweet looking, My snare is littlerly immpossible to re-finish lol, it doesn't have a wrap its pretty much the nickle shell sanded then glossed and its wicked lol

[motleydrummer]

wow looking good man, great job

[ant_182]

Cheers for the compliments! I've given up on UK dealers, is there any sites that sell snare hooprs/rims, lugs, throw offs/strainers etc with UK SHIPPING! ?




-Ant-

[Jezen]

Dude, have you tried Highwood? They sell good inexpensive strainers. The deluxe Worldmax ones are good (If memory serves correctly).

http://www.highwooddrums.co.uk/

And take the tape off too...

[Daven]

That looks very nice man, good job.

[stevoibanez]

Cheers for the compliments! I've given up on UK dealers, is there any sites that sell snare hooprs/rims, lugs, throw offs/strainers etc with UK SHIPPING!
Try Highwood like BB suggested. Also FVF are pretty reliable.
http://www.fvfdrums.co.uk/

[Sean]

Are those all new hoops or did you dip them?

[ant_182]

Dude, have you tried Highwood? They sell good inexpensive strainers. The deluxe Worldmax ones are good (If memory serves correctly).

http://www.highwooddrums.co.uk/

And take the tape off too...

Cheers for the link mate! I'm not going to take the tape off, only make it minimal because I like it how it sounds. I tuned it today souds AWESOME!!!

Are those all new hoops or did you dip them?

I sprayed them. But I'm sure they will chip soon, so I'm currently "in the market" for new ones, and a new strainer. My great nan, 93 God bless her, gave me £60 today... I was like no! Nan there's no need. But she insisted, so I feel some hoops coming soon! :)

Try Highwood like BB suggested. Also FVF are pretty reliable.
http://www.fvfdrums.co.uk/

Awesome thanks loads!


Cheers everyone for the compliments and links. Really helped! I'll update as soon as I buy some hoops, etc. I'm sure I'll be asking for advice too!

Cheers once more!



-Ant-

[ant_182]

Problem Because I want a new strainer/throw off and the holes are predrilled, will I have to get the same size? Also same for the lugs..! Are the following strainers any good?...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7419893755&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7420022448&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7357706279&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Cheers





-Ant-

[punkrockspectacle]

what kind of paint did you use man?

[Massik Kretal]

I dunno if its just the camera fuzz but in some pics it looks like a blue glitter finish.

[punkrockspectacle]

my bad, I mean like what type of paint (spray paint, etc.), not necessarily what color

[ant_182]

I used spray from "b & q". A Brittish hardware store...sort off. It was a blue (really light and horrible) so I added a coad of black and kept trying different things until I ended up with this, so the black may look like a glitter effect?



-Ant-

[punkrockspectacle]

so it's just regular spray paint? Any gloss or anything?

[ant_182]

Hold on, I'll just go see....

Yeh it's gloss black. But it was called "plasti-kote" spray paint.

Why?





-Ant-

EDIT: Here's a picture...
http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/trolleyed/images/thumbs/t_pkspray.jpg
Obv not the same colour!

[punkrockspectacle]

came out pretty good, just curious what you used