Sticks make ugly marks on tom heads

I'm a beginner player, or a bit above that I s'pose, and whenever I play my Toms, my sticks seem to hit the drum and 'slide' for a fraction of a second, creating an ugly white mark. I don't mind a few on a head, but after two sessions of drumming, half my head is all in ugly white marks.

This is probably a bad habit I have to fix, but is there any way of getting rid of these marks? A tiny bit of water doesn't help much. What do people use to clean heads (if they rarely have too).

Hope someone can help,

thats just normal wear,if you're having a problem with sliding try adjusting the toms

I hate to say it, Tragesty, but Daniel is right. If you are playing your kit regularly, the heads should be changed out every 3-4 months for optimum sound quality. In between, you get marks on the clear heads, or the coating wears off on the coated heads. It's the nature of the beast. Daniel is also right that if you are not able to hit the center of the head without "sliding," you should adjust your toms closer to you, or you should adjust the angle of the toms. Make sure we get a pic of your kit, and then we can make recommendations for you set up. Almost everyone begins their drumming by learning how to set things up properly.

Welcome to drumming. One strike and it aint a virgin head no more.

all the best...

What kind of sticks do you use? I previously used the Travis Barker because I liked their weight and longer reach but it got to be expensive and they would leave white streaks on my toms and cymbals because of their white color.

That first road gash is gonna be a tough one. :icon_mrgreen:

If you dont want marks dont play, only way you can stop it shhh:drums:

If it bothers you so much tilt the drums more jazz style, and hit less hard. But I agree, nothing is more annoying then streaks on the heads. :icon_cry:

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Originally Posted by Tragesty

I'm a beginner player, or a bit above that I s'pose, and whenever I play my Toms, my sticks seem to hit the drum and 'slide' for a fraction of a second, creating an ugly white mark. I don't mind a few on a head, but after two sessions of drumming, half my head is all in ugly white marks.

This is probably a bad habit I have to fix, but is there any way of getting rid of these marks? A tiny bit of water doesn't help much. What do people use to clean heads (if they rarely have too).

Hope someone can help,

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bwahahahahahahaha, is this a serious thread? OCD in d house.:dancing:

I'm sorry...but the title to this thread made me laugh out loud.

I think it's like when sombody gets their first guitar and realizes that playing it is messing up the finish on the maple fret board.

You know something...nothing looks quite as beautiful as a gleaming drum set with pristine white heads. Unfortunately, it's not going to last...not if you're going to play them. There just are some things that can't be helped and this is one of them. So, you go along with it and, before you know it, it'll be time to change out the heads and, once again, you get to recapture that look. What helps me is that, in the meantime, I learn about different heads and when it's time, I get to try those other heads I've only read about.

The snare head that came with my vision kit likes to spread itself all over the kit... the white coating comes off on the sticks and is then transferred to the toms... soon enough, I'll have coated tom heads and an non-coated snare head.

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Originally Posted by holycow77

The snare head that came with my vision kit likes to spread itself all over the kit... the white coating comes off on the sticks and is then transferred to the toms... soon enough, I'll have coated tom heads and an non-coated snare head.

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Originally Posted by kay-gee

Welcome to drumming. One strike and it aint a virgin head no more.

all the best...

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LMAO!!!!!:clap:


It probably is your snare head, if you are using the stock head of a beginner kit then that might be why its happening so fast.

Every head gets marks on it, you are hitting mylar this happens.

but what kind of head are you using? it could be the head of the snare, my friends toms and cymbals have white paiste like stick marks because the white on his snare sticks on the sticks then to everything else.

Am I the only one who thinks kits look awesome the more dented the skins are?

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Originally Posted by Ethel_The_Frog

Am I the only one who thinks kits look awesome the more dented the skins are?

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Ummm...not me. They can lose their coating, but once they get "dents" it's time to change the heads out:)

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Originally Posted by Ethel_The_Frog

Am I the only one who thinks kits look awesome the more dented the skins are?

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Yeah, reminds me of my drumming mileage.

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Originally Posted by Ethel_The_Frog

Am I the only one who thinks kits look awesome the more dented the skins are?

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I always like it when I replace my snare head and when I remove the old one it looks like all pitted out in the middle, like a shallow bowl!
Like drumslave said, it reminds me of how much work I've done on it!

a little wear and tear gives your kit character :drumset-3:

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Originally Posted by lil_mawl

a little wear and tear gives your kit character :drumset-3:

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"Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character."

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Originally Posted by redheaddrummer03

Ummm...not me. They can lose their coating, but once they get "dents" it's time to change the heads out:)

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I don't change them until you can fit your fist through a gaping hole...

rofl, even our toms at school do that mate..

most of the time for us, we hit the logo on the drum head, thus imprinting a black mark on our sticks, which are then carried on to the drum head :dancing:

but we fix it easily about once every two months....i just don't know how O.o!
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Originally Posted by holycow77

I don't change them until you can fit your fist through a gaping hole...

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lol

how do you stop marks .........ummmmm

don't play them.......lol