Re: Custom Vinyl over default
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Well, most recently, Jury Duty. First time ever and out of 500 people picked and only 30 needed, I got picked. Lovely. Before that, I've been spending more time on other geekish passions, building a computer as I mentioned in another thread, working out (got through 3 rounds of P90x like we talked about awhile back), and more boringly, just plain working. Mark hit me up on Facebook and guilt-tripped me into checking in on you guys and I can feel the vacuum pull starting again already. It's nice to be back.
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Thanks for the pics Jason..that is one hellofa setup!
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No problem climber. We do have a lot of fun in there. I've got a buddy coming into town this weekend and watching lots of movies at foundation-shaking volume is high on our list of things to do.
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myrison,
a 600 AND an 800? Damn, that must be a wild ride!
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Mark hit me up on Facebook and guilt-tripped me into checking in on you guys....:D I've been meaning to tell you also.... you should call your mom more often.....
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Yeah, as often as all of us do.
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Anybody have any experience applying their own extra coats of gloss on their speakers? I have some VaSSallos in Cherry Chestnut Semi gloss, and am now regretting not getting them in the High gloss. I would probably just end up making a mess if I attempted doing them myself though.
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I have the same finish on some of my speakers (btw the real wood is stunning) and have had the same thoughts as you. I'm sure it can be easily done, just not by me, I'd take it to a pro. Never did follow up on this as I'm not sure if I want highly light reflective cabinets in a home theatre environment. Perhaps anyone with high gloss could chime in on this, are reflections a distraction?
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Anybody have any experience applying their own extra coats of gloss on their speakers? I have some VaSSallos in Cherry Chestnut Semi gloss, and am now regretting not getting them in the High gloss. I would probably just end up making a mess if I attempted doing them myself though. I think Zimm might be able to help you out with technique. He did some custom veneering and I seem to remember him talking about how to get a gloss finish.
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Anybody have any experience applying their own extra coats of gloss on their speakers? I have some VaSSallos in Cherry Chestnut Semi gloss, and am now regretting not getting them in the High gloss. I would probably just end up making a mess if I attempted doing them myself though. Don't. Unless you really don't like the finish now, don't attack a good finish. I attacked my 10 year old black ash PSBs because I was willing to redo the whole thing if it went wrong. I had decent success with a piano-ish-kinda finish on the black, but I decided to leave the striped mahogany exterior in flat stain, without lacquer. This was in part due to the appealing contrast of gloss to flat, but also because the piano finish process is very tedious. You must sand down the current finish to dead flat, then spray-gun lacquer, sand, repeat about 3 - 5 times. If you are going to try it, I'll send you the sites I found with the how-to process and we can open a new thread as other might find it fun to watch. Don't get me wrong, a great project that I really enjoyed, and like the results. But not a weekend project, and could really trash the finish on your Axioms if it goes wrong. Consider this; keep the finish you have and build a shell like I did. You can line the inside with felt and not damage the Axiom finish, but you can pick any of a 100 custom real-wood veneers and cover as much of the old finish as you like. Here is a few quick pics, but the how-to are laid out on my Photobucket page, and the sub pic shows what a simple "veneer on top" application would look like:
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