RitmoBoricua wrote:11am wrote:Are you in the furniture biz, or drum restoration only?
No really but I have done both but on my drums and house. What I did, I bought
like 3 or 4 books on how to finish wood, etc and have read extensively about it.
So I have refinished my kitchen cabinets, stairs threads, fireplace mantel, trimming,
etc, even old bikes since is the same principle. You know every spring I get the itch
to refurbish/refinish something and I have redone a couple of drums already, the other
day I used Minwax Polycrylic as my top coat on one of my drums but this time I
used the areosol one, I had a little trouble in the beginning spraying it was kind of
spitting a bit so I had to find the right stroke and was able to get my coats uniform.
So now I am waiting for the stuff to cure since waterborne/waterbased takes longer
and will rub it out here in a couple of weeks or so either with minwax wax or an
automotive wax product. I will go back to the polycrylic in the can since I am not
too impressed with the aerosol stuff. We have a Woodcraft store close by and every
now and then I poke my head in there and buy supplies etc although I do most of my
shopping at Lowe's and Home Depot. I love reading your tutorial, take care.
Psych1 wrote:Great name! I went a lotta years never getting up before 11. OK here are some pics of my, still great sounding, cracked tumba. The crack is a bit over 1/8" wide, The bands are a bit loose now so it is not being held together by the bands at top & bottom. All the other stave glue lines seem solid. I love this tumba - don't want to hurt her. Thanks for your help.
Psych1 wrote:Band clamps are not a possibility now where I am. I did do the rope and broomstick twist last year (It has been split for a while) and it closed up pretty well but perhaps not completely. The stuff you see in the bottom pic is residue from the old bad epoxy fix attempt - it is all over both sides of the whole crack. My buddy who fixes rare string instruments advised me to scrape it all out and get down to bare wood and use a shim.
I'm reasonably handy, but lazy. I was hoping to keep the bands and hardware on but -----------. I have most tools and Titebond and Gorilla glue. I can internet shop for anything else I need but it takes a week or two, sometimes never, to get stuff here. I'm in no rush tho, just need to do this "one of these days". But, you've got me inspired.
Yes it is a wonderful tumba, I've got the matching conga and bongos too. From the 60's, only one crack. And my weather is extreme - hot, cold, wet, dry. Every year the wood swells and shrinks. Mario must have had a good batch of glue that year.
roberthelpus wrote:A heat gun (turbocharged hair dryer type thing) is what guitar folks are using to take poly finishes off of solid body guitars. It comes off in sheets using a putty knife type scraper. Of course that could cause problems with the glue. A lot of solid body guitars, like Fenders say, are made from glue ups and I haven't read about any of them separating.
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