Bought a peice of blue onyx ripple or whatever it’s called can’t remember off hand to wrap a snare , it was very nice ( and cheap) but lacked the high gloss luster of the Delmar wraps. Seemed to be more on the semi gloss or satin side.
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Celluloid Drum wrap from China....It has ARRIVED!
- Thread starter K.O.
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Tommy D
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Looks pretty glossy to me.
petrelli.fr
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Are these wraps the Chinese mentioned is this thread:
Gauge 0.5mm Drum Wrap Music Instrument Deco Celluloid Sheet For Drum Luthier | eBay UK
100% New , Never Used ; Material : Celluloid ; Thickness : 0.5mm ; Quantity : 1 Piece ; Size :10x60inches ,16x60inches , 18x60inches ; For Drum wrap , Music Instrument Refurbishment ..
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Was thinking to get some.
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Are these wraps the Chinese mentioned is this thread:
Gauge 0.5mm Drum Wrap Music Instrument Deco Celluloid Sheet For Drum Luthier | eBay UK
100% New , Never Used ; Material : Celluloid ; Thickness : 0.5mm ; Quantity : 1 Piece ; Size :10x60inches ,16x60inches , 18x60inches ; For Drum wrap , Music Instrument Refurbishment ..ebay.us
Was thinking to get some.
Appears to be the same type of stuff.
petrelli.fr
Well-Known Member
Any good?
It's different in that it is pure acetate rather than a laminate of acetate and PVC like most modern wraps. This is the sort of wrap that drum makers were using back in the 20s/30s/40s.
Without the opaque backing some lighter colors can be somewhat translucent which might be an issue when applied to dark colored shells. That can be corrected with a coat of a light colored paint.
I used this type of wrap on a Premier set and plan to use more of it on some future projects. I'm satisfied with the results myself.
petrelli.fr
Well-Known Member
Dear @K.O.,
As usual thank you for sharing your experience.
How big were the sheets you ordered.
The one I found are max 18x60" which I dont think is wide enough for a 24" BD.
Hope "my maths" (chatgpt rather!) is right but to calculate the circumference with the diameter you do:
So 75" long wrap sheet for the bass drum
Was your longer or did you make 2 joints?
(Or chatGPT got the math wrong!! And i shouldhave paid more attentionat math classes!!).
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I just found this thread, and my head is spinning from the choices. There are wraps I never dreamed of on there.
Your math is correct.
However, traditional drum wrap (sparkles, pearls, oysters, etc) comes in 24x54 sheets. And it always has since the first wrapped drums popped up in the late 1920s. Therefore every drum over 16" in diameter has required two pieces of wrap and two overlap seams. You may not have noticed that, but it's true. Pretty much every wrapped bass drum you've ever seen has an extra piece of wrap on the bottom. Same with 18" or 20" floor toms. So if anything the 60" length of the Chinese sourced stuff allows for a smaller "patch" at the bottom.
The exceptions are satin flames and cortex (Formica) wraps, which come in greater lengths. There may be others, but the traditional wraps as made by Delmar max out at 54 inches.
