I know right! smile I was starting to make the rounds locally for what was available, how to and how much. I find online project shopping totally misleading when it comes to staying on budget so I like to verify what things cost where I will actually buy them. Assembly and finish are kinda linked, because how I finish may affect the strategy for assembly order. I can finish the base and baffle seperately from the enclosure if it makes sense to, then assemble.

After pricing out an Alkylid primer, oil based Tremclad high gloss, and Circa Nuluster-55 combo a local paint tech suggested (an interesting epoxy resin I hadnt considered) I really realized just how much potential there is to attack this finish from any angle. A blow torch to help finish a speaker box? That's just cool.

Then I got home and the phone rang..... "Hey, I might be able to get us some of this for free. You interested?"