Veneering a pair of RT55!
VR3
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With the blessing of Ledhed -- after they sat at my house for approx a year waiting for him 
-- he agreed to let me keep them and give them away to someone else..
Well before I decide to give them away again --
I decided itd be cool to try my hand at veneering..
So off I went!!!
The next one will be much better, gotta learn somehow!!
But after some puddy and sanding, I will be rockin!
-- he agreed to let me keep them and give them away to someone else..Well before I decide to give them away again --
I decided itd be cool to try my hand at veneering..
So off I went!!!
The next one will be much better, gotta learn somehow!!
But after some puddy and sanding, I will be rockin!
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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How hard was it to do the corners? Looks good.
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Not familiar w/that model. What was it before the veneer? and are you gonna update
after the finish is on(didn't see a glare?)
Looks good though. I was gonna try veneering WHEN I build my pc station(yeah right)
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Paint them glossy black. I need a pair in glossy black
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I have the originals. I'll try posting a pic beside some RT800s (which I have to put up for sale some day soon!) as a comparison. Sorry I cannot do a better job, but I haven't figured out all the pic stuff as yet.
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Thanks for the comments guys --
It took me roughly.... 35 minutes, got home at 8:20
got done around 9 oclock...
Corners were very easy with Parts Express's lil edge cutter...
I like the results...- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Keep in mind though, this dosnt count stripping off that Vinyl --
Vinyl took about 2 hours to get off (one speaker)- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
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Give them away!!:eek: Are the front defraction plates signed by somebody?
Considering all of my speakers are are in the rt family I would love to give these a demo.
Sorry for the off the vinyl repair topic reply. I got excited when I seen them.:) -
Front diffraction plates are signed by Polk Paul and Al Ballard ---
Definitely are "show" pieces in every right- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Just now found some time to put on the first coat of Clear on one --
Need to find some Walnut puddy for the other one as it isnt in quite the same phenominal condition
But, looks good -- going to sand it down, put another coat on it --- going to put 3 coats- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Ok, so is your addy still the same? I've got a pair of old RT10 cabs I need to do something with.....
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Hey if you want em done...
Ill do it for the price of shipping, parts, and maybe a cheap 2 ch receiver - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Very nice work. Someday, I may try to re-veneer my Monitor 10's.
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Major props, Trey. Everything your hand touches comes out looking great.
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These took a disasterous turn...
The clear made the veneer ripple...
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What kind of clear did you use?
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That looks amazing man. Keep up the good work and don't let one bad result get you down.
