Coated heads with no logo?

[PK Drums]

Does anyone know of any high quality (equivalent of Remo, Evans, Aquarian,etc) coated white heads that I can use for a front bass head?

It is always an eye-sore to have the Remo logo on the front bass drum heads , along with a vintage style logo.

If none exist, is there any way to remove the logo...perhaps paint thinner?

[Ludwig Guy]

Hi PK Drums,

I have removed the REMO logo off my smooth white bass drum head with nail polish remover. It comes right off! Unfortunately, I have yet to try it on a coated white REMO head. I'm afraid that it may smudge the black letters and look horrible. If you have an old coated REMO head from a tom or snare, you may want to experiment on that with the nail polish remover and see what happens? Good Luck!

Ludwig Dude

[Antipodes]

As Mr Dude pointed out some kind of ethanol (like nail polish) works on smooth heads (also does a passable job getting logos off cymbals).

After advice from a drum shop guy I tried something described in Sweden in the local language as "glue remover" (which smells pretty much like nail polish).

Going very, very gently at it I managed to get rid most of the black but also the majority of the white coating - a passable though far from ideal solution.

Smooth heads seem to be the go for the moment - but if anyone hears of generic coated heads, I'm also curious to hear. Damn this obsession with branding. Now, when I was a lad.......

D