Updating
Finally getting around to restoring the JBL L100's I like to use.
1st off, threw together a pair of OB full-range BOFU speakers (This photo is not at the completed phase, The walnut got finished further and a pair of rear firing tweeters were added).
Here's a few pics of the JBL's in progress (only cosmetically restoring, decided that, even though they have many flaws that can be fixed with new crossovers etc., I prefer to keep them as they are as a little time machine).
All the components lying in wait for the fresh cabinets
Sanding the black finish off of the porous faces
Sanding back the veneer to clean wood
Filling the scratches and gouges with a mixture of glue and walnut dust
Sanding sealer added over the veneer.....this is all sanded back to the wood, just to fill the open pore grain of the walnut and give a flat, smooth surface for finishing
The veneers have been sanded down to 400g and coated with Deft satin lacquer. Have filled the grill pin holes and and adding layers of high build primer to get a smooth, uniform base to repaint the faces
The sanding sealer is well worth doing, creates a really fine finish once it's lacquered. Very time consuming process though. 4 coats, 1 hr dry between each and can only do 1 side at a time, followed by a considerable amount of sanding. But, again....well worth the time.
