WU-TANG- DAN wrote:ARTWOOD, UR KIT IS INCREDIBLE- i really am speechless, howd u do it?????<img src="smileys/smiley32.gif" border="0">
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It's actually so easy to do, it's unbelievable. <br>
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I simply went to Jo-Ann (you know, the women's fabric and craft store)
and purchased about 2 yards of camoflauge fabric for $10-$12 or so. The
kit was already wrapped in black wrap. Which is very helpful in terms
of both getting the fabric to stick to the shell, and making it easy to
cut the fabric before the bearing edge, once wrapped (usually it's hard
to do this with a standard wrap on a bare shell, or even worse, a shell
that's had it's wrap removed, what with it's old glue residue). <br>
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Before I even wrapped the shells, I removed the tension rod threaded
inserts from the lug casings, and spray painted them with Krylon
Wrinkle Finish paint, which gives it a rough textured feel. Then I
removed the lugs, and applied my usual wrap glue to the existing wrap,
and literally wrapped over the wrap and badge with the fabric. I cut it
of course under one of the lug casing spots. <br>
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I used a soldering iron to perforate the fabric where the lug casing
screw holes go, so as not to allow it to rip over time. As for the
green paint I only found one of this olive drab can of paint, otherwise
the entire hardware would of been olive drab. <br>
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I made sure to scuff up all the chrome before I painted it, so as to
allow the paint to bond, and as usual I used Bulldog Adhesion Promoter
as my primer.<br>
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I expected the kit to sound like crap after I wrapped it, but it
doesn't sound half bad with the Ebony resonant heads and the Ambassador
batters. I may even go to clear Ambassador batters. <br>
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The kit is just for show though. I'm in the Army's Rock band, and we
travel around a lot and do shows, so I though it would be neat to do a
cheap travel kit that I don't mind if it gets beat up a lot, and looks
good on our gigs. <br>
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Too bad the Army is getting away from BDU's (battle dress utility) and
moving on to a different kind of camoflauge (ACU - Army Combat
Uniform). So I'm going to have to re-do my kit in about a year. <img src="smileys/smiley36.gif" border="0"><br>
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Oh, and to answer someone's question, yes I am actually in the Army,
they do not hire a band to perform for them. And even the guy that
drives the Army funny car, and the super bike, those guys are actually
in the Army too. <br>
<edited><editID>Artwood</editID><editDate>2006-5-6 4:1:40</editDate></edited>
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