mounting flat skins

[lpcongaplayer]

lpcongaplayer,

Depends on the skin...but in short: sure.
Its good to keep your skins with the right balance of moisture and elasticity. Some skins come with their natural oils deeply imbedded in their fiber. So those types won't need to be treated very often at all. My experience is that in dry climates, skins suffer. If you notice you're losing a lot of sustain in your tone, your skin might b drying up too much and it's time for a treatment. You don't want to do it too often cause you could lose quality of slaps and tone brightness.
The olice oil treatment I mention above is something some of us learned from El Greco and his way of treating his mule skins. It works great but it doesn't necessarily have to be that extreme. If you oil your skin regularly (only if it needs it for real) then Palm oil or even Shea butter works fine. Rubbing it in with your hands.
So if you live in a dry climate, keep an eye for loss of sustain and discoloration of the skin. Might tend to go pale if really dry.
Hope this helps.
6x8

It does help! Thanks! The skins are buffalo and I live in a very dry climate plus my drums are in our basement and we use wood heat so I'm sure that will really dry things out.

[seisporocho1]

Oh yeah. For sure!
By the way, is it bison buffalo? I've always been a fan of bison on tumbas. It has to b thick though. Anyway, I am always hunting for good prices on buffalo. They tend to b expensive... Where do you get yours?

6x8

[Mike]

Perhaps he meant water buffalo?