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Re: [Simmons Drums] Painting Simmons Pads ???

2005-03-18 by jesper@electronic-obsession.se

drew:
> Hi Jesper & Dave, thanks for the info.
> The reason I want to paint them is that they are badly scratched.
> Also, they are not painted on the inside, they are moulded out of
> black plastic.

OK; mine aren't but that may have changed...

> I still haven't figured out how to separate the shell from the
> head...any ideas (SDS1000 Pads).

I took my SDS-1s apart for reparation and they were stapled (!) to the
wooded hitting surface just under the rubber pad rim. Is your pads built
like this too?

electronically yours, jesper
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