rutandstrut
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Any further explanation on this?? I have an Andy Kaiser glass over slate .. how do I treat the slate??
Use a Maroon Pad to rough up and clean off the Slate. If that doesn't work I would give Andy a call!
Any further explanation on this?? I have an Andy Kaiser glass over slate .. how do I treat the slate??
Slate: I use a Maroon Scotch Brite Pad to scrub the surface as needed. You can also use a lighter or candle to make any Slate Call sound better. I do not care who made it, it will make it sound better!
Hope that this helps!
The only thing I can add is that I sometimes use rain chalk on aluminum, glass, and crystal.
Good idea
It depends on what type of call you are talking about. I will assume that you are talking about Friction Calls:
Glass or Crystal: I Grit Blast with 220 Grit Aluminum Oxide. If the surface needs to be touched up I use 60-80 Grit Gator Grit Sandpaper depending on how raspy I wan the call to be.
Slate: I use a Maroon Scotch Brite Pad to scrub the surface as needed. You can also use a lighter or candle to make any Slate Call sound better. I do not care who made it, it will make it sound better!
Silver Aluminum: Scrub the surface as needed with Maroon Scotch Brite Pad.
Treated Silver Aluminum: Use Call as received and do nothing to it. I have a call that I made over 2 Years ago with this Material that has never been conditioned and still works as good as the day it was made.
Anodized Aluminum: Use Alcohol Shot Prep available at your local Pharmacy or use Alcohol on a cottom Ball to clean Call surface as needed. Do not condition this type of Calling Surface or you will have to do it everytime you want to use the call because it will start oxidizing!
Box Calls: clean off old chalk with a clean dry cloth and apply new chalk to paddle.
Hope that this helps!
It depends on what type of call you are talking about. I will assume that you are talking about Friction Calls:
Glass or Crystal: I Grit Blast with 220 Grit Aluminum Oxide. If the surface needs to be touched up I use 60-80 Grit Gator Grit Sandpaper depending on how raspy I wan the call to be.
Slate: I use a Maroon Scotch Brite Pad to scrub the surface as needed. You can also use a lighter or candle to make any Slate Call sound better. I do not care who made it, it will make it sound better!
Do you just heat the slate up to make it sound better.Where do you find a maroon scotch brite
Silver Aluminum: Scrub the surface as needed with Maroon Scotch Brite Pad.
Treated Silver Aluminum: Use Call as received and do nothing to it. I have a call that I made over 2 Years ago with this Material that has never been conditioned and still works as good as the day it was made.
Anodized Aluminum: Use Alcohol Shot Prep available at your local Pharmacy or use Alcohol on a cottom Ball to clean Call surface as needed. Do not condition this type of Calling Surface or you will have to do it everytime you want to use the call because it will start oxidizing!
Box Calls: clean off old chalk with a clean dry cloth and apply new chalk to paddle.
Hope that this helps!
Do you just heat the slate up to make it sound better.Where do you find a maroon scotch brite
Silver Aluminum: Scrub the surface as needed with Maroon Scotch Brite Pad.
This hasn't really been touched on, but how do you go about conditioning the strikers? I have wood, carbon and the plastic types.