{"id":771,"date":"2020-04-08T07:26:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T12:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2020-04-08T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T12:39:14","slug":"how-to-clean-your-drums-with-household-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/how-to-clean-your-drums-with-household-items\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Clean Your Drums With Household Items: Stay Clean For Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’ve had your drumset for a while and you’ve noticed that it’s starting to look a little dingy. How do you clean your drums without damaging them? Furthermore, it would be nice to know if you can clean them with what you have around the house…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many household cleaners are effective at cleaning the drums especially dishsoap. Never use ammonia, bleach, or any abrasive cleaners. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s more to know–we’ll get into specific cleaners you can use and which ones to avoid. Let’s get your kit sparkling clean again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man… I gotta say, though. I didn’t anticipate this topic being quite so controversial. Lots of people have their go-to cleaners and methods they use which they swear by, while others will say that those methods will destroy your drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to find materials that were effective as well as non-dangerous for your drums. Be careful! Always start with more dilution with more gentle cleaners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Household Items Can I Use to Clean the Drums?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You’ve got a busy life and you don’t want to spend too much time finding specialty tools or equipment to clean your drums. I’ll go through the different parts of the kit and we’ll talk about what things you can use to clean each part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drumheads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drumheads are often made with synthetic materials, particularly Mylar, but some other polymer and even Kevlar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Occasionally they can be made from animal skins, such as goat or cow hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Before you reach for your cleaning cabinet, I’d recommend using a lint-free cloth and using a little bit of water first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water is a polar molecule and just by itself it can loosen dirt and other particles, and you may find that’s all you need to clean your drumheads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you have animal skin drumheads, water is probably the safest way to go. A little can do everything you need–animal skins can expand and contract if gotten wet so make sure you don’t play your animal skin drumheads for an hour or two after you clean them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I actually did an experiment cleaning bongo drums (with animal skin drumheads)… if you’d like to see a difference in cleaning with water and cleaning with oil I did a comparison here:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Best Way to Clean Your Bongos (The Great Bongo Cleaning Experiment)<\/div><\/div>
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