Veneering a pair of RT55!

VR3
VR3 Posts: 29,384
edited January 2008 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
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!
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    How hard was it to do the corners? Looks good.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited December 2007
    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)
    Someday.....
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,067
    edited December 2007
    Paint them glossy black. I need a pair in glossy black :D.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    edited December 2007
    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.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    edited December 2007
    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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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited December 2007
    Anything but black. It's a tragedy to stain beautiful wood black IMHO.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited December 2007
    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.:)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    edited December 2007
    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.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    edited December 2007
    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.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2007
    Ok, so is your addy still the same? I've got a pair of old RT10 cabs I need to do something with.....

    Nice work as always Trey.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    edited December 2007
    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.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited December 2007
    Very nice work. Someday, I may try to re-veneer my Monitor 10's.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2007
    Major props, Trey. Everything your hand touches comes out looking great.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    edited December 2007
    These took a disasterous turn...

    The clear made the veneer ripple...

    Soooo pissed off I are
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    What are you doing up at 4AM?
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    What kind of clear did you use?
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  • gtpskip
    gtpskip Posts: 1
    edited January 2008
    :) looks good
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2008
    That looks amazing man. Keep up the good work and don't let one bad result get you down.
    Jake
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