Playing your drums is not enough. If you really want to express your love of the craft you should also devote some time to take care of them.

A proper cleaning session for your drums is kind of a life insurance combined with a multivitamin therapy: the result will be a safer, longer lifespan and instant improvement in the quality and character of the set’s tone.

Also, a clean drum set represents an exigent attitude towards your drum set, something that your colleagues and your public will both value.

1. Devote Time And Patience to the Drum Cleaning Process

When set up, a drum set would be quite cumbersome to clean. For that reason, my recommendation for you would be to make a decision when you are going to clean your drum set, set aside an hour and start by disassembling.

Put the hardware parts, the shells, the heads and the cymbals into four different groups, as these different parts need different cleaning. We probably should not talk too much about cleaning the hardware – clean it just as you would clean any other metal surface.

2. Cleaning the Shells And The Heads

You should clean your drum shells almost like any other wooden or laminated surface – be sure not to use abrasive solutions, however. Your drum heads need cleaning more than you would think and the cleaning process is simpler than you would probably think. Applying a bit of sanitary alcohol using cotton buds will do wonders to the heads – removing all the grease and other kinds of dirt will reveal the true potential of any drumhead.