Painting Drum Set

[Bibtin Tex]

I've grown pretty tired of the colour of my drum set, so I've been looking into changing the colour, by repainting them. I'm thinking that I get some spray paint and take all the hardware/heads/rims off and then paint it.

My question is, how should I go about this?

- Is there a specific type of paint that I should look for?
- Does the covering on my drum shells need to have a specific type of finish, or any sort of criteria it has to meet before I paint it?
- Should I sand the finish off of the shells before I paint them?

I really don't want to ruin the wood or the shells themselves by painting them, so any sort of help is much appreciated seeing as I don't have any experience with this sort of thing.

Thanks in advance.

[Hack&Lube]

The current paint has a clearcoat or glossy layer to it. Paint may not adhere well to it unless it is sanded a little. Then you should use a coat of primer and the appropriate paint for that primer. Preferably you should finish with another separate clearcoat or glossy layer but that is not really available in spraypaint and requires an airbrush.

[stang]

I have painted a couple guitars (Should be the same) with Spray bombs and they have turned out really good and seem to be lasting.

I also used the matching CC for the paint I am using. Works fine.

Make sure the primer, paint, and CC are all compatible, I grabbed the wrong CC can and once I sprayed it made a mess. I had to sand down and do it again.

Make sure to give it a good sand like H&L said.

edit: Oh and to answer your questions

- Is there a specific type of paint that I should look for?
Not really, I just use the cheap krylon stuff from Crappy tire. Cause it has a matching primer, paint and CC that all work well together.

- Does the covering on my drum shells need to have a specific type of finish, or any sort of criteria it has to meet before I paint it?
Scuffed to give it something to grab onto. Dont sand down to the wood, cause then you will get into the sealer

- Should I sand the finish off of the shells before I paint them?

Just enough to give the paint something to hold onto


Let me dig around for some of my projects....

[stang]

Here are some pics... not quite as in depth as I thought they were... these are from 2 years ago..

Guitar for my daughter. pulled apart an old broken kids guitar (was white to begin with) and started sanding. Took it down to wood in some spots but its ok. This pic was RIGHT before I started spraying.



I had found a set of Duplicolor Mirage color change spray paint in Wal-Marts Bargin bin for $10 cause someone had tested out a different can of spray paint all over it.



Came with a Base, MIddle, and clear.

couple days later







Heres another one with the Krylon paint.... Done about 6 months ago and played lots, including shows and gets bumped around in the truck lots, as it doesnt have a case. Still looks the same as the day I finished it.