CRS+ RestoMod

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,142
    Any plans to clear coat the brass?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,546
    edited May 25
    F1nut wrote: »
    Any plans to clear coat the brass?
    Give it a few weeks, it will clearly be coated with Verdigris
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    edited May 25
    F1nut wrote: »
    Any plans to clear coat the brass?

    I'm doing a finer grit now, and then scotchbrite pad. Then I'll use Mothers diatomaceous. On 360 grade brass, should maintain its luster for a long time.

    I went with a full 6" diameter and drilled the cabinet fasteners further out to brace the rear of cabinet that much more.
    These things are heavy.

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Any plans to clear coat the brass?
    Give it a few weeks, it will clearly be coated with Verdigris
    😉

    Ivan, I have some old machined 360 brass part offs and it hasn't oxidized much. The alloy is almost like day one from years ago...The OG shop speakers have taken a lickin' no doubt. Still jazzin'....

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  • pitdogg2
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    I have no doubt. I was being a smartypants
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,142
    edited May 25
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Any plans to clear coat the brass?

    I'm doing a finer grit now, and then scotchbrite pad. Then I'll use Mothers diatomaceous. On 360 grade brass, should maintain its luster for a long time.

    Ok, well a few other options are lacquer for brass or Renaissance wax

    https://www.woodcraft.com/products/mohawk-lacquer-for-brass-gloss-aerosol-13-oz

    Edit: If you use the spray lacquer be sure to clean the brass first with a degreasing agent.

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  • dkfreebird
    dkfreebird Posts: 1,188
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    What I picked up from you look the same. The speakers I dropped off not so much.🤣 I can’t wait to see the finished product. Great work.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    F1nut wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Any plans to clear coat the brass?

    I'm doing a finer grit now, and then scotchbrite pad. Then I'll use Mothers diatomaceous. On 360 grade brass, should maintain its luster for a long time.

    Ok, well a few other options are lacquer for brass or Renaissance wax

    https://www.woodcraft.com/products/mohawk-lacquer-for-brass-gloss-aerosol-13-oz

    Edit: If you use the spray lacquer be sure to clean the brass first with a degreasing agent.

    Ill check out the wax. Once I settle on patina matched to RDO plates. Will do face operation next.
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  • xschop
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    dkfreebird wrote: »
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    What I picked up from you look the same. The speakers I dropped off not so much.🤣 I can’t wait to see the finished product. Great work.

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  • xschop
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    Fixed the 2 traces that had half their tracks deleted when drilled from factory...

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  • xschop
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    Almost forgot I ordered fresh open-cell foam...

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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,855
    edited May 29
    Looks like it has an embossed surface like the BH5? Is it adhesive backed?
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  • xschop
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    Yes and yes. It's what I'll use to make the custom double-backed stand offs in these CRS. No cones this time lol.....

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,626
    edited May 29
    The 3/4 sonic barrier is actually a very good product. The 1/2 and the one larger is missing the layers that make the 3/4 a stand out.

    The adhesive on the sonic barrier line is terrible though, I always apply power grab to the back if I'm using that

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    edited May 29
    Guess I should have said back-to-back, as a layer of 1/8" butyl mat will be sandwiched between the two opposing layers and suspended in center of cabinets.
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  • xschop
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    Comprende....

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    edited May 30
    1/8" thick PVA foam spray glued to 1/8" thick dense felt for the @Gardenstater foam frame mod. Will cut to 1.25" x 1.25" squares. This will make positioning easy with Powergrab....

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  • xschop
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  • xschop
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    edited May 31
    Started left channel Enclosure last night...Gallagher Mansion had plenty of black paint....Plenty enclosure glue as usual too...

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    Wish they used same glue on their magnets... Heat gun on low and slow blade peel. Luckily didn't tear them....
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  • xschop
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    I'll peel the vinyl tonight with heat gun as that will speed up
    the curing process of the Flex Seal...

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    edited May 31
    Upgrading stickers lol...
    0.020" thick paper...

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  • xschop
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    Think I'm going with this finish...

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  • xschop
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    Matching plugs....

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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,147
    edited May 31
    Very nice! Looks like I have the model for that! :D Mods, it's only a thermos, not an artillery shell.

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    Each driver gets the 3 extra tabs cut off and terminals bent upward away from windows, with downward fastons removed....and superglue to lock the tabs tight. Haven't ran into a driver yet that were snug...

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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,920
    @xschop every time I read one of your posts on this thread (and others), this song pops into my mind:

    The Rolling Stones "Time is On My Side"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOxHsuV83KA
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    BlueBirdMusic wrote: »
    @xschop every time I read one of your posts on this thread (and others), this song pops into my mind:

    The Rolling Stones "Time is On My Side"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOxHsuV83KA

    Keith Richards must have wrote that one lol.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    Parting shot before the epidermis is scalped. Do like the old school look. Real Walnut or Mahogany would be peachy...

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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,855
    edited June 2
    Looks great! Will the lower conductivity of the brass be a factor in the shorting ring effect of the phase plug? Or will the eddy currents not be affected all that much, it being such a large chunk of metal? I know it is too late but it might've been cool to press on a ring of copper at the base, where it wouldn't even be visible.

    Also, although probably not the look you want here, this could be another option that is now possible, that isn't possible with aluminum:

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    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,655
    edited June 2
    The brass will illicit less eddy currents than the alloy for sure. Will it matter? Not sure. But the real unknown (for me) right now is if the alloy focus ring/brass plug will exhibit the same excellent cone control behavior that the alloy ring and alloy plug do.
    I'll do a tone sweep on the bench, but that's free-air. Mounted in the enclosure is propper to see the behavior.

    I have all summer to experiment. I'm more excited to hear these back-chambered RDOs in the CRS+. Why Polk didn't add this feature, like they did to the SL3000's was a serious faux pax.

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