I'm pretty sure I've used both Goo-Gone and rubbing alcohol without effect...I assume this is NOT a coated head? No warranty expressed nor implied!
I had a sticker made for my kick drum reso head with my bands logo. The band is no longer together, so I removed the sticker. Unfortunately, it left a mess of sticker residue.
Has anyone ever removed sticker residue from a drum head without damaging the head? I'm wondering if Goo-Gone would work. Or rubbing alcohol. I figured I'd ask here before taking the chance.
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I'm pretty sure I've used both Goo-Gone and rubbing alcohol without effect...I assume this is NOT a coated head? No warranty expressed nor implied!
goo-gone works awesome. Use a nice cloth and keep rotating areas on the towel.
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Salad oil works but then you need to use soap and water to clean that off or a Windex-type cleaner. WD-40 is easier.
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+3 for WD-40............works great
I'll confirm the Goo-Gone. In fact, I use it on all my used drum heads to clean off the tape residue, dirt, stick marks, etc.. I even used it to help remove the old drum wrap from several shells. The key is to saturate and let it soak in to the sticker residue for several minutes. Allow it some time to work on it and soften the adhesive before you start wiping it off. Then, you can almost wipe it off with your fingers.
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There's a lot of things WD-40 can do. I use it all the time to remove sticky residue off of things.
If you Google around a bit, there are a lot of sites that list hundreds and hundreds of uses for it. WD-40 is amazing considering the product was a big mistake.
I don't know what kind of glue was on that sticker, but WD-40 didn't help at all. Goo gone worked, but the head looks like hell from the little bit of rubbing that was required. It came off pretty easy, just using my finger tip, but there are tiny scratch marks all over where I rubbed.
I think Kay-Gee nailed it. New head.
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Paint thinner. Put a little on a clean rag and it will clean it right off. Wear some rubber gloves because it will take forever to get the smell off your hands if you don't.
I've used this to remove duct tape residue from mic cables, drum heads, cymbal stands, you name it.
I usually never use the factory head for any modifications. I'll most always buy a different head first. Even for a Kickport I will use an existing head or purchase something that I don't care about making mods to.
Thinking back, I mostly will use an Evans or Aquarian head that has already been ported if I need a ported head. All my factory heads are stacked up and pristine. Yes, anal comes to mind.
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Yep, looks like the scratching got the better of it. Maybe the oil effected it as well? Some plastics don't play well with petroleum products. You can try buffing it with MaGuires Plast-X. It may polish out.....or make it worse. You could also paint it with Krylon Fusion. Nothing to lose at this point, LOL.
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Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
I had a ring of glue residue around the hole in the reso head of my Premier kick. I removed the head and used a soft cloth and Ronsonol type lighter fuel - it softened the old glue and removed it in seconds. I washed it with dishwashing solution immediately afterwards as I wasn't sure if the lighter fluid would have any reaction to the head. It seemed fine afterwards - but it was a 5+ year old original reso so I had nothing to lose.
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Just use the same bass drum head for your next band. Stick the new sticker over where the old one was.
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