Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners PAINTING mdf and spraying grills

waiting, waiting, waiting... need info from axiom so I can place my order!

(sorry - but don't tell me you all have't been in my shoes!)

hmmm.. if I do have to paint, maybe an antiqued crackle finish, or the behr's venesion plaster, or maybe gold leaf?

I've always thought a carbon fibre lay on the baffle would look awesome to the e-lev-enth degree.

These are interesting, not my cup of tea but interesting nonetheless. I presume he removed the Axiom grill cloth from the frame and installed another cloth material over the grill framework ... I dunno.

Would go well with some Hendrix music, no doubt!

For sure!

I think the tie-dyed grills would have looked better with black speaker cabinets.

Or bright red ... yea, the red.

Speaking of compromised centre speaker placement, btw...!

You can readily tell that the cat prefers the original covers.

hi guys/gals - order placed... ends up that all the vinyl finishes ARE in fact available on the in-cabinet designs, no problem.

For those of you who don't know - I am installing these as in-wall speakers. Of course, they are 16" deep and will stick out into another room, through the wall, by a foot.

Luckly that's a storage room for me.

My wife gets a living room without floorstanding speakers in the walkway from this room to her kitchen. She's also getting some storage selving build on the opposite wall between the rear ends of the in-cabinet M60.

Most importantly, I get a virtually uncompomised speaker - i.e. full cabinet enclosure, that I've been wanting.

I'll document the process and post photos in a few weeks for those interested.

Looking forward to reading about your endevours, good luck with the work

Scott: If you Google MDF you will find that Campbell Finishing products has a detailed "how to" pamphlet on properly finishing MDF. For quickies: No latex to prime (water/MDF=b.a.d.). A tinted shellac based product is required. Then, you can go cuckoo with any waterbased or oilbased topcoats you'd like.

A foam roller (6") will give a pretty smooth result. You can spray, 'cause you can remove the drivers yourself. Be sure not to get any overspary inside the cabinet. And no, you can't paint fabric w/o making it a solid surface (by filling in all the spaces in the fabrics weave).

Really, dude, Axiom makes soooooo many finish choices. Unless you are or go to a professional finisher, you may well be unhappy with the results.

Good luck.