Tips On How to Veneer a Snare Drum Shell Anywhere, With No Tools.

By John Dutra | May 5, 2009

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I’ll be honest, I’m impatient. Especially when the weather is warm.
And Drum making is no exception… I have to constantly remind myself to slow down, double check this, triple check that.
But this time around I decided that I wanted to see how far and how fast I could push the veneering process when making a custom snare drum

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Staining Drum Shells: Using Alcohol and Water Based Dyes and the pro's and con's of both

By John Dutra | September 19, 2008

I just got an e-mail from a drum builder who posed a GREAT question after seeing the Guerrilla Drum Making DVD. The topic IS covered in the film…but I’ll put it into words.

Question: When using Transtint Dyes… how do you know when to mix with alcohol… and when to mix with water?

Water:
Using water based dye for staining (even if you’re not using Transtint) is great when working with unsealed, unfinished raw wood.

The benefits of mixing with water? It’s extremely easy to work with, it dries slowly (the color has more time to work itself into the wood) and streaking is less of a problem.

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Topics: Veneering Drum Shells