Top Tips For Maintaining Drums

While a good old fashioned shine will work, we’ve got a few top tips for maintaining drums! We all know how expensive our craft can be and one thing we sometimes forge is how to take care of our gear. You’ve got a gig this weekend and need to clean up your drum set. We want to dive in to How To Maintain A Drum Kit

In this guide, we will show you how to clean and polish your drums and hardware. We’ll also explain how to travel with and store them when not in use. Learn more in the sections below.

Tip 1: Cleaning Drums

Cleaning your drums is one of the most important things you can do to keep them looking good for years to come. This is especially true if you use a lot of water-based cymbals or sticks that leave behind moisture and residue on the finish of your drums. If you take care of this early on, it will make maintaining them later much easier!

There are several different ways for cleaning your drums depending on what kind of finish they have and what type of dirt has accumulated over time (if any). For example, if there is no moisture present (like from sweat), then all you need is a dry cloth or paper towel and some elbow grease!

What You’ll Need To Maintain Drum Kit

It’s easy to forget how to clean your drums, but it’s important to keep them in good shape. This is an essential top tips for maintaining drums!

In order to maintain your drums, you’ll need the following items:

Microfiber cleaning/polish cloths

Drum polish

Lubricating oil

We carry the Collision Drum Towel which is microfibre, but if you want to use your own cloths, make sure they are soft and non-abrasive. We find standard soft microfiber cloths are great for cleaning/polishing and plushier ones for removing last second smudges or fingerprints.

Our Top Tips For Drum Maintenance

• Polish / wipe drum shells – dust can gather quite fast on drum surfaces, make sure to regularly clean the outer shells
• Change drum heads as they ware out. there is nothing worse than having dead sounding drums due to worn out heads.
• Use cases as much as possible. The no.1 way to keep your drums/hardware safe is by using cases. You have two options of soft cases or hardcases depending on your budget.
• store your drums in room temperature settings. Cold settings can affect the tuning and potentially warp heads.
• Hardware stands – Lubricate these stands and always replace any damaged lugs or screws.

What do you do to maintain your drums?

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