hardware color?

blazendreadlocks · Alley Cat Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 184

I was wondering, if i was to paint the drums hardware, rims, lugs, bolts, ect, Would it affect the sound? Alos is there a special way and certaint paint to use if you do paint them? thanks

bytor · Admin Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 5260 Location: Kansas

I would definitely recommend NOT painting your hardware. There really is no paint that would stick well. It would eventually flake off and look crappy. The only reliable way that I know of to color your hardware is to have it powder coated, I'm afraid. It ain't cheap, either. Sorry. Sad

Barbie · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:50 am Post subject:

Bytor is correct. I've seen this done and it's not pretty. You'll wish you hadn't.

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jak · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:09 am Post subject:

Its possible to paint the hardware, but it is not an easy process to get it done right.

First of all if you would try to just spray paint over the chrome it would (1) simply not stick or (2) it would start flaking off after anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

The only possible way that you might be able to get it to work is to first totally get all of the chrome off so its down to bare metal, then find some kind of metal cleaner to get off any bodily oils old finish etc. then prime it, then pain it, then seal it with some sort of hard enamel/acrylic clear coat.

Very long and drug out procedure, I wouldnt recomend it at all, unless your wanting to spend months on end doing it right and still having the possiblility that it could start coming off within a few days.

I will have to agree with the others, if you want it to be colored powder coating is deffinately the way to go, It will most deffinately cost you a wad of cash, but if your wanting something that will last you pretty much forever its the only way to go.

If you should decide to go through with it you might first want to buy a cheap hoop or something and test it on that first to see if it will for shure work or not before you go and ruin the hardware on your drums.
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blazendreadlocks · Alley Cat Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 184

Ok aight, i thought powder caot was an actual form of paint that was just specially made but ok thanks for the advice

jak · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject:

Yeah its kinda like a paint, but rather than being a liquid I think its some kind of a colored powder stuff they spray on.

Im not shure about the whole process but I think how it works is they first take the metal peice to be powder coated and hook it up to some kind of electro something or other that makes the powder stick to the metal peice to be powder coated, then they heat it up to melt it to the metal.

Like I said, I'm not shure about how its really done because thats just what I heard from a freind.

EDIT: I found this on the net.

AHAMAY081 · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject:

I've seen ads in Modern Drummer for black hardware that i think was painted or stained somehow, but it was just cymbal stands, and i think black was the only color they offered. i can find it if you really care enough.

jak · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 8:07 pm Post subject:

I think there is this stuff called "black chrome" its the same thing as chrome but black instead of silver, Im pretty sure its the metal thats actually black but it might be some kind of coating.

One of my guitars has this "black chrome" on it, it looks a little different than powdercoat, powdercoating has a real uniform solid black color and this "black chrome" kinda changes color as you move it around, and it has some spots that apear to be lighter than others.

Those stands you saw might be this "black chrome" stuff.
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