by bongosnotbombs » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:29 pm
Looks like a great project, good luck with it!
I have Danish Oil finish on my vintage Valjes. It looks very nice and keeps the original color of the wood. It's also very easy to apply. Danish oil does protects the wood from water and it hardens when it dries. The oil get absorbed into the wood itself and is not a surface application. Danish oil does not offer the same protection as urethane and lacquers. Those products are surface applications and are visible on the drum. So it's a trade off, the natural look of oil, which is not really noticeable, or the better protection of urethane or lacquer which is visible to the eye. Here in California oil is enough and my drums have endured hours and hours of outdoor play, in sun, fog and by the beach with an oil finish.
I'm currently refinishing a marching bass drum from the 1950's. I applied an oil finish to the mahogany shell and a polyurethane finish to the maple rims as they are more prone to bumps and knocks. However, polyurethane is still just a finish and can get scratched and dented. Just look at all the LPs that are scratched and dented.
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