Laminate for wrap.

Hey guys,

i was out at Lowes today, and back in the kitchen cabinet area, they sell counter top laminate, in all different kinds of colors and patterns, in 4x8 sheets. You've probably seen them, and thought the same thing I did.. I wonder if I can wrap drums with it. Well, has anybody tried it? It's pretty flexible, and I bet it would do a good job.

Depends how heavy it is. If it isn't much heavier than the Delmar stuff it should work out fine.

Not very thick at all, I dont know exactly but I'm guessing, 1/16th. They have it in granite, I want granite drums lol..

I just pulled out some old samples - around a millimeter.

Interesting, wrap samples can be quite pleasing to look at. Better than pictures.

If you want some drums that look like an 80s wrap pattern why not just find some Ludwigs from the 80s?

Here is a thread at VDF that details a Home Depot laminate wrap job.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=6625

Box, I used the red oak veneer from menards it cost me $35 per roll of veneer that were 48"x96" and though it was time consuming as far as finishing goes, it was well worht it and much cheaper than buying even the cheapest wrap. I probably wouldn't use the counter top stuff though cause IMO it would probably look to fake.

Why not just use vinyl? You know, the kind they make signs and such out of? That's my plan with my cheap kit. I'm not even going to strip the old wrap off, I'm just going to put a layer or two of the new vinyl over it. A drum shouldn't cost more than $5-$6 worth of vinyl at a sign shop, and you can get metal flake, fades, anything you want really.

My drums are covered with something called formex, a type of fomica (sp). It's kinda thick, a little too thick really, but it's f***in' durable as hell. And I think my drums sound good. So, you may be okay with what you're looking at. I'd get an old drum and test the difference in sound without it and with it and see what you think.

you gotta get it on good and tight with contact cement and make sure the drum is really clean before you put the cement on. clean as in no old adheasive or finish what so ever and no dirt or dust.

sounds like a fun progect there Box

Box just ask the guy that works there how tight they roll it up when they sell it.

good luck!

I know, you haven't said anything about actually doing it, but you will...you will

Brush grade contact cement, double cut seams with a razor knife and a framing square

If you are gonna cover your old wrap with something else, make sure you can seat a head on the drum still. A friend of mine did that with contact cement and couldn't get a head to seat with the now 2 layers of wrap. Then he couldn't get the second wrap off. He ended up ruining the original wrap (which looked fine to me and didn't need replacing) and actually ended up taking half the outer ply of wood on the shells. It was a bloody mess. Just make sure your shells have plenty of room to add the extra thickness or you'll be in for a surprise for sure.

I paid ten dollars for this whole kit, including the stands, the cymbals, and the kick pedal. If I destroy it, I haven't lost any sleep whatsoever. Craigslist score. It's a terrible cheap kit, beginner level, but I'm just cutting the toms in half and trying my hand at an e-kit conversion with it... so who cares!

That sounds cool, are ya doin ddrum triggers or internal triggers? Mesh heads the whole 9?

Gonna cut them in half, put mesh heads on there. I've got some piezo triggers with foam cones on them already cut, and I'm going to put a brace in the middle of the drum and mount it on there. If they don't work as well as I'm hoping for my project I'll just sell 'em on eBay or something.

Basically I'm just trying to tide myself over until the DrumIt 5 comes out.

Have you tried the laminate yet?

Ludwigs butcher block wrap is that . So is Rogers Koa , and butcher block . It was called cortex . Wore like iron .