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Wrapping My Floor Tom
I recently picked up a red onyx Fullerton Powertone bass drum that's in dead mint condition. I got a 10x13, also in near mint from another location. Then I found a 16x16 floor tom with split/cracked black wrapping, so I decided to cover it in red onyx also. I picked up a full sheet from Precision and will be cutting it down.
The thing is, I think I can have enough left over to cover an 8x12 tom. Some of the advice I've seen says apply the covering a little oversize, and cut it down and file it. The problem is I probably won't have enough left over for the 8x12 if I do this. I could try to cut it really carefully to get just the right size on, but if I screw up installation, I've basically ruined an expensive piece of wrap.
Which is the better gamble? Cutting it a little oversize, and completing this project by shaving the wrap down, or wrap it really carefully and try to get two drums out of it?
Now, to add a couple of elements to the mixture, I also have a dead mint 8x12 Tower tom in red onyx, and an 8x12 Powertone in blue sparkle that someone added Slingerland hardware to. I could try a full restoration of the blue Powertone with the leftover piece and have a totally matched kit, or I could just forget about it and play the Tower. Yes, I know I've bought too much junk lately. You people really should have warned me this would be addicting.
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8/22/2015, 5:55 pm
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Zawinul2007
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Re: Wrapping My Floor Tom
Couple of things I would do, measure twice or until I stop shaking, contact precision and see if they have a partial sheet that would cover the drum(worth a try) or call other companies that sell drum wrap. Good luck this is all part of the fun.
Jeff
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8/25/2015, 9:31 am
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Dan1C
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Re: Wrapping My Floor Tom
I've done it that way many times. I don't like cutting the wrap and then blending into the edges after the wrap is put on the drum. Very easy to mess up the bearing edges that way.
I cut it to fit, maybe an eigth inch short on the top and bottom. Sometimes even 3/16 or 1/4 inch. The head will cover it.
Starting the wrap perfectly aligned on the drum is tough, but if you can get it going straight, then you lay the wrap around the shell and it will line up ok.
Sometimes I do this:
Paint a small section of shell with the cement, and then a small section of the wrap underside. Do this after you have determined where the seam will be. Then put the wrap on the shell, making contact only on that small section. This allows you to twist the wrap back and forth a little bit to get the edges aligned top/bottom.
Then, after the glue adheres, you can apply the cemet to the outer ends of the wrap and then lay them down one at a time.
Last edited by Dan1C, 8/28/2015, 12:11 pm
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8/25/2015, 11:07 am
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Re: Wrapping My Floor Tom
OK, that was a lot easier to do well than I had thought. When I got the wrap out of the tube, I found it was softer than I expected. Its was pretty easy to cut precisely to a line with a pair of scissors.
I'm going to rewrap the blue sparkle 8x12 in red onyx. The second mount wasn't Slingerland, but some Japanese thing with a ~5/8" hole in the middle and four smaller screw holes. I have a plug cutter than should be able to make something pretty close out of maple. The screw holes should be fine with just wood filler. It still has the original Swivomatic attached, so it's just a question of filling the second set of holes.
This is really great! My wife doesn't even mind keeping the drum set in the living room.
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8/27/2015, 8:08 pm
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