anyone refinish speakers

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i4gotmyid
i4gotmyid Posts: 173
edited August 2003 in Speakers
Ok, I changed out the screws of the RTA12c's that I have they were getting rusty and I cleaned out the grills, but I was thinking about painting them. They have a wood vinyl on them that I would prefer to remove, but am not sure how, so I was thinking that I would spray paint a piano black laquer finish on them. Has anyone tried this? Any other suggestions on refinishing old speakers?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,054
    edited August 2003
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    Talk to Har....

    He redid some SRT
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
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    har, raife and F1nut are all into refinsihing. I doubt they would endore the spray paint route.

    There a thread somewhere where F1 detailed the use of some wood laminates available at HD to replace stock lam's...
    More later,
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited August 2003
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    I've built a few DIY speaker systems, though that's not quite the same as refinishing an existing pair. I can tell you, though that true, glossy, piano black finish is not easy to acheive for a DIY'er at home. It CAN be done, but be prepared to spend a considerable amount of time and effort on it. I've got a link that tells how to do it here somewhere....

    IMHO, applying a nice wood veneer would be easier and would probably produce better-looking results.

    Here's one piano-finish link:
    http://www.lungster.com/l/speakers/pianofinish.html

    Jason
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,806
    edited August 2003
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    The first guy in the link that jcaut posted has a pretty good idea of what he's talking about, the second two don't have a clue.

    To get a gloss black lacquer piano finish that looks good, you really have to know what you are doing and have the proper equipment. You'll spend as much or more on equipment than if you took it to a pro shop and had them do it.
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  • i4gotmyid
    i4gotmyid Posts: 173
    edited August 2003
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    "you really have to know what you are doing"

    in general that is not what describes me, i have lots of good projects to start but never finish cause sometimes I dont know what i am doing. maybe i'll just get the cabinets re-made in real wood.
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