Taking Vinyl Off Drums

Yes you guessed where i m going with this.

Taking vinyl off drums. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2010 tri color. A trip to the store. Drop it on the floor and roll it up lengthwise. Then take a hair dryer turn it up as hot as possible and point it at the seam.

The first choice for grammy winning mixing engineers music producers musicians and sound designers waves is the world leading maker of audio plugins software and hardware for audio mixing music production mastering post production and live sound. The main reason i want to refinish the drum set is because there are cracks in the wrap of most of the shells. Let s keep things simple for now. How to refinish a drum.

I recommend using beach towels. You could pick up some expensive muffling or special heads from your local music store or you could find two towels at home. If the glue comes off easily enough you may be able to remove all of it with this machine. To safely remove the vinyl first find the seam where the vinyl wrap is glued together.

The vinyl wrap on your drums has been glued on with adhesive so ripping it off too quickly can leave gouges in your shell. I own a 5 piece mid 1990 s dw drum set. You may have noticed that we didn t mention vinyl off above as an adhesive remover. Vinyl off is a liquid vinyl remover spray on wait 5 to 15 minutes then peel off.

Take one and fold it in half then fold it in half again. It ll come off easily but don t get too excited and cut your shirt instead. Attach a 24 grit sanding disk to a handheld disk sander and sand the floor in sections. Vinyl is a material very similar to nail polish.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1972 vinyl release of stop off on discogs. If you see that get a small knife and start scraping the vinyl off. I was slightly co. After much online research and thought i decided it was time to refinish them.

The vinyl wrap should start to bubble up and fall off. That s because vinyl off is engineered to remove the vinyl and adhesive in one step. You will notice when the transfer gets malleable enough for removal yourself.