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stuart
31-07-2011, 09:07 PM
hi all
had a inquiry about printing onto a drum skin.
has any of you ever done this? if so what did you use and was it any good?
stu

Justin
31-07-2011, 10:33 PM
I've done sign vinyl onto a drum skin before, wasn't too bad, bit time consuming!

Matt Quinn
01-08-2011, 11:24 AM
Presumably this is for an unstruck front bass drum skin? Most I've seen do seem to be vinyl...

I believe 'back in the day' they were often screen printed or even painted on by a signwriter. Though some skins are polyester based (I believe) I can't see them taking the heat of a dyesub press - certainly not without localised damage/change such that they become unserviceable.

One possible method might be a waterslide transfer??

John G
01-08-2011, 11:31 AM
Agree with Matt, these could be screen printed - years ago we had some strange requests like this, the worst ones were to screen print the canvas floor on a boxing ring and the changing room doors in a cloths shop. :eek:

gorgall2
01-08-2011, 01:39 PM
Here's one I did earlier
448

Matt Quinn
01-08-2011, 01:48 PM
Here's one I did earlier
448

Yeah but... How? What technique? Vinyl? Dyesub?

stuart
01-08-2011, 02:26 PM
Yeah but... How? What technique? Vinyl? Dyesub?
yea tell us more please
stu

gorgall2
01-08-2011, 02:32 PM
yea tell us more please
stu
I used sign vinyl

Justin
01-08-2011, 06:36 PM
Could also be done as print & cut vinyl if detailed design.

gorgall2
01-08-2011, 07:02 PM
I used sign vinyl
And a Craft Robo

stuart
02-08-2011, 10:36 AM
ok guys will give it a go thanks for your help

logobear
04-08-2011, 03:16 PM
waterslide would do the trick nice and easy.

smitch6
04-08-2011, 09:36 PM
are they the original 'Pole cats'?????

if they are i have loads of their LP's and 45's somewhere :D
i love all the rock'a'billy stuff :)

gorgall2
05-08-2011, 12:29 PM
Yes, 3 quarters of the 1981 line up. I do all their merchandise and run the stall at gigs.

stuart
05-08-2011, 08:23 PM
where is this thread going
stu

gorgall2
05-08-2011, 10:11 PM
Don't blame me, I'm just answering the questions :-)

smitch6
06-08-2011, 10:52 AM
sorry stuart :~
just reminising my youth for a lil while then lol

Matt Quinn
06-08-2011, 11:00 AM
sorry stuart :~
just reminising my youth for a lil while then lol

Nothing wrong in that - conversations often wander off a tangents.

Kaz
07-08-2011, 02:32 PM
I don't see anything wrong with a thread wandering off at tangents, as long as the initial query has been answered :-)

Too many forums out there don't allow " off topic" conversation on a thread, glad this place isn't one of them ;-)

Matt Quinn
08-08-2011, 01:39 AM
Too many forums out there don't allow " off topic" conversation on a thread, glad this place isn't one of them ;-)

Quite so Kaz...

I can think of one particular vintage wireless forum where the regime is so rigid it's counter productive.

On one occasion I recall a conversation wandering into an exploration of the historical accuracy of "Von Trappe's" Mercedes in "The sound of Music" being right hand drive - historically correct as it happens; though erroneously cited as a 'movie mistake'... And quite relevant in a forum that seeks to support vintage audio-visual equipment... The discussion had centred 'round Austria's history until the Anschluss. Is history not central to the accurate preservation of old things???

The admin there started issuing all sorts of strange dictats and warnings! - A little further exploration revealed threads being locked after a few weeks inactivity; others being 'pulled up' for discussions drifting off to discuss one brand or radio when the o/p had been about some other -

Don't know WHAT is going on in the forum owner's head; but it's not healthy...

Point is conversations 'drifting' often allows inter related issues to be explored and connections made - this is good, healthy and allows ideas to develop -especially important in a creative context.