Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hello all! I've been lurking awhile and decided to post.I have a nice  
SDS-1000 set I scored on eBay late last year and have been thinking of 
painting the shells of the pads.These are the SDS 9 style.They are 
black, which seems to be plentyful,so I'm not too worried about 
decreasing their value...plus I plan to hang onto them.
 I'm wondering who has done this and what types of paint/primer work 
best?I may do some step by step photos as I go.Any advice will be 
appreciated.Thanks in advance.

I painted some black SDS7 pads yellow and they came up really well.

I basically used car/auto paint with a primer.  Not sure what country 
you're in but the primer was Wattyl Sigma Etch Cream, as far as the 
colour goes don't buy cheap stuff, ask for the best car enamel you can 
get, it might cost a bit more but it'll be well worth it!  

I did 4 pads and 1 can of primer and 1 can of colour enamel was all I 
needed, you'll need to do at least 2 coats of the colour enamel to get 
a perfect surface.




--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "hitnrunrocks" 
<hitnrunrocks@...> wrote:
>
>  Hello all! I've been lurking awhile and decided to post.I have a 
nice  
> SDS-1000 set I scored on eBay late last year and have been thinking 
of 

> painting the shells of the pads.These are the SDS 9 style.They are 
> black, which seems to be plentyful,so I'm not too worried about 
> decreasing their value...plus I plan to hang onto them.
>  I'm wondering who has done this and what types of paint/primer work 
> best?I may do some step by step photos as I go.Any advice will be 
> appreciated.Thanks in advance.
>

Hey Guys

Also, I'd probably suggest that before you spray, take the plastic shell off the pad and spray a little bit of your paint onto the inside of the shell.  This way you can test to make sure the paint won't have a bad reaction to the plastic and melt it or that!!

I would probably stick clear of Krylon paints etc too.  Do like Matt suggested and look at a good quality car paint.

You could also give them a final coat of clear, rub it down and give it a buff and the surfaces should come up mirror finish, if that's what you're into?  If you checkout some of the custom guitar building sites around they explain how to do this.


Regards
--
Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Matt
Sent: Thu 5/06/2008 3:45 PM
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: Painting Pads...
 
I painted some black SDS7 pads yellow and they came up really well.

I basically used car/auto paint with a primer.  Not sure what country 
you're in but the primer was Wattyl Sigma Etch Cream, as far as the 
colour goes don't buy cheap stuff, ask for the best car enamel you can 
get, it might cost a bit more but it'll be well worth it!  

I did 4 pads and 1 can of primer and 1 can of colour enamel was all I 
needed, you'll need to do at least 2 coats of the colour enamel to get 
a perfect surface.




--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "hitnrunrocks" 
<hitnrunrocks@...> wrote:
>
>  Hello all! I've been lurking awhile and decided to post.I have a 
nice  
> SDS-1000 set I scored on eBay late last year and have been thinking 
of 
> painting the shells of the pads.These are the SDS 9 style.They are 
> black, which seems to be plentyful,so I'm not too worried about 
> decreasing their value...plus I plan to hang onto them.
>  I'm wondering who has done this and what types of paint/primer work 
> best?I may do some step by step photos as I go.Any advice will be 
> appreciated.Thanks in advance.
>









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Yeah, good idea, some paint will eat plastic!  

I went into a decent paint store and asked one of the experts, I 
actualy took a pad in and he knew straight away the best stuff for 
the job.

The primer I used was ready paint after 20 minutes, really quick 
setting.  The paint I let dry for 24 hours before recoating just to 
be sure.  Darren's suggestion of a clear lacquer is a good idea, 
just be careful as SDS9 shells are a pretty tight fit as they are so 
any extra coats may make it hard to get them back in.

I'm guessing you know how to pop the shells off an SDS9 pad?  You'll 
obviously have to do that before you paint them.

On Ya's 

Matt.



--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Darren Craven" <Darren@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hey Guys
> 
> Also, I'd probably suggest that before you spray, take the plastic 
shell off the pad and spray a little bit of your paint onto the 
inside of the shell.  This way you can test to make sure the paint 
won't have a bad reaction to the plastic and melt it or that!!
> 
> I would probably stick clear of Krylon paints etc too.  Do like 
Matt suggested and look at a good quality car paint.
> 
> You could also give them a final coat of clear, rub it down and 
give it a buff and the surfaces should come up mirror finish, if 
that's what you're into?  If you checkout some of the custom guitar 
building sites around they explain how to do this.
> 
> 
> Regards
> --
> Darren
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Matt
> Sent: Thu 5/06/2008 3:45 PM
> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: Painting Pads...
>  
> I painted some black SDS7 pads yellow and they came up really well.
> 
> I basically used car/auto paint with a primer.  Not sure what 
country 
> you're in but the primer was Wattyl Sigma Etch Cream, as far as 
the 
> colour goes don't buy cheap stuff, ask for the best car enamel you 
can 
> get, it might cost a bit more but it'll be well worth it!  
> 
> I did 4 pads and 1 can of primer and 1 can of colour enamel was 
all I 
> needed, you'll need to do at least 2 coats of the colour enamel to 
get 
> a perfect surface.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "hitnrunrocks" 
> <hitnrunrocks@> wrote:
> >
> >  Hello all! I've been lurking awhile and decided to post.I have 
a 
> nice  
> > SDS-1000 set I scored on eBay late last year and have been 
thinking 
> of 
> > painting the shells of the pads.These are the SDS 9 style.They 
are 
> > black, which seems to be plentyful,so I'm not too worried about 
> > decreasing their value...plus I plan to hang onto them.
> >  I'm wondering who has done this and what types of paint/primer 
work 
> > best?I may do some step by step photos as I go.Any advice will 
be 

> > appreciated.Thanks in advance.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hi,
if restoration is an alternative, I recommend the following pdf which
a nice mate provided for publication
http://195.37.239.143/?area=downloads&download_id=248
Bye

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "hitnrunrocks"
<hitnrunrocks@...> wrote:

>
>  Hello all! I've been lurking awhile and decided to post.I have a nice  
> SDS-1000 set I scored on eBay late last year and have been thinking of 
> painting the shells of the pads.These are the SDS 9 style.They are 
> black, which seems to be plentyful,so I'm not too worried about 
> decreasing their value...plus I plan to hang onto them.
>  I'm wondering who has done this and what types of paint/primer work 
> best?I may do some step by step photos as I go.Any advice will be 
> appreciated.Thanks in advance.
>

If your going to spray it because you don't like the black , can I swap
you my red bass drum for your black one? Ive been trying to get a black
for ages!

 

Peter K Daniels

System Service Engineer

Southern Service Operations

Invensys Systems (UK) Ltd

01293 526000

pete.daniels@...

 

 

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