Changing Finish on RTi's
charles792
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My wife if tired of the black look of my speakers.
I knew that I should have purchased the cherry, but the store didn't have any in stock and I didn't want to wait for them to be shipped, so brought the black home.
Four months later, she is wanting me to strip the black off and refinish them in cherry which would match the rest of the room.
Has anyone tried this with any success? or do I have any other options?
Please don't tell me to get another wife!
Thanks in advance!
Charles
I knew that I should have purchased the cherry, but the store didn't have any in stock and I didn't want to wait for them to be shipped, so brought the black home.
Four months later, she is wanting me to strip the black off and refinish them in cherry which would match the rest of the room.
Has anyone tried this with any success? or do I have any other options?
Please don't tell me to get another wife!
Thanks in advance!
Charles
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...Order a pair of the Cherry finish, have them shipped to your office...
Now, WHOOPS, you have 2 pair, better put one in your homeoffice/gameroom/garage....
Unless you have done veneer work before, I would leave em alone...I'd hate to see you end up with a real ugly pair of speaks....
Now, if you bought them at CC, use the upgrade policy....just go do it, don't talk to her about it.
If you have the 25's, go to at least the 35's. 35's to 55's and so on.....
She gets her cherry finish, you get a speaker upgrade....something along the lines of:
'Honey, I know I had to spend a little more, and upgrade, but the finish meant so much to you, I had to make the sacrifice.'
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
If you took it to someone to have it done, however it would probably be cheaper just to buy the new speaks and have the advantage of 2 sets as Russ previously noted.
TroyI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
Charles, I wouldn't fiddle with the finish, you'll screw up the warranty. Plus, I see what happens to speakers with manipulated finishes here in the woodshop. Bad. Sorry you have this problem, but if I were you I wouldn't fiddle with the cabinet. That's just me.
Try the upgrade program.
MC -
RuSsMaN, TroyD and Micah:
Thanks for your replies.
You have some very good ideas. Even though I have refinished several pieces of furniture, I am not quite at the skill leave where I would risk ruining my Polks. I would especially hate to void my warrantee. Thanks for mentioning that since I hadnt thought about it.
Since I did buy them at CC, I may do the upgrade. The speakers I have now are the 55s and I really like the sound.
What would be the best upgrade from the 55is without spending much more money? -
You have to step to a tower, either the 600 or 800...
I was hoping you wouldn't say you had the 55's.
My CC let me trade in and buy multiple products, yours may not, it may have been a fluke....but if they do, grab some cherry 55's and a set of R10's for the bedroom/office/garage.....
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.