Paintin em

[.Tyson Studios.]

got a beginner kit a month ago and am going to paint it. Its gonna be glossy white with a light blueish pinstripe at the bottom of eache drum. I got some blue hydralic evans heads for em. Any advice on painting them? I strpped them doiwn to only the shell. I figured primer, then the white, then clear coat. TIPS???

 

[arcadeko]

you have a spray gun and air compressor?

 

[crankz1]

I painted my kit...

Read my head, and read around the forum there.

Edit: Seems GN is down at the moment... check back

 

[Loffler]

Wow!!!!
That is an amazing finish for a home job
Does it have a sparkle?

 

[crankz1]

Thanks! I am a professional automotive painter though...
There is indeed sparkle. Silver mini flake and some jumbo crystal clear flake.
The camera has a hard time catching it all, but it pops in the lights.

 

[Greg_L]

Ghostnote.com is not allowing registrations.

 

[crankz1]

.net
I'll ask about that...

 

[Greg_L]

I don't really want to register, but I couldn't see any thread without registering. Unless there's top-secret drum stuff happening there, there's no reason that guests can't browse.

 

[crankz1]

Anyone that wants to register, needs to email the admin directly.
At least until anti-spam measures are in place. edogcole@gmail.com

Registration

I'm not trying to Pimp out GN here, but there's a good group of people there...

 

[Loffler]

I still cant believe that its a home job....far out
When someone says they painted a drum kit, not very nice images pop to mind haha
How did you manage to get a fade?

 

[Greg_L]

Yeah that's nice work.

 

[crankz1]

I'll hi-jack this thread more after work...

 

[AW4416DR1]

I'm currently spray-painting a mini drum kit a lovely grey-sparkle colour. It used to have red plastic wrap, but I sanded it then sprayed 2 coats of grey primer on the shell. I'm on about coat 6 of the sparkle coating. Shells looking nice, but kind of fumy!

 

[crankz1]

I documented the building of my kit on another forum... that no longer exists!

Anyway, it's a Keller maple shell kit that I painted and built-out using lugs from a custom lug maker... Adonis
The process is depicted primarily on the snare.

Where it happened

Raw shell drilled and edged

Boiled linseed oil on interiors... couple coats

Primed with epoxy primer and leveled to 600 grit. Progressively, from 320, 400 and 600

Sherwin Williams Automotive basecoat/clearcoat system

Lapis Blue goin' on

Lapis Blue on

 

[crankz1]

Blew on some Royal Blue... faded to the center

Dusted on some silver mini-flake

Threw down some clear and dusted on some crystal clear flake with my DIY dry flake blower

 

[crankz1]

Leveled em all for the final clear coat

Wet sanded for buff out

Buffed

 

[crankz1]

Built

 

[Rimshot]

DAMN! That is just friggin' gorgeous! You do great work!!!

 

[Greg_L]

Fucking stellar, dude. Fantastic.

 

[crankz1]

Thanks guys!
I certainly do enjoy em...