I recently bought a pair of ebony ns1000's. The Yamaha sales brochure mentions a polyurethane finish. The Howards web page states not to apply UNDER a polyurethane finish.
Will Howards restore a finish work on TOP of a polyurethane finish?
I've refinished many pairs of speakers. The first thing I ask myself is how deep the scratches are, and if I think I can sand them out. Almost always, I have sanded them out, but there are some that I just quit on, for fear of hitting the MDF or plywood below. At least for speakers that had an oiled finish.
These were also speakers that usually had no detail to them other then flat sides, like ARs, Dynacos, Altecs and JBLs. Yours look to maybe have too much detail, and I agree with others that Howards may be the correct direction. I would remove the drivers before starting the whole process to avoid damage to them (chemical or otherwise).
Good luck, and take your time. They should end up looking almost. if not, good as new.
Wayner
What's the best way to restore scratches, watermarks, etc from wood/veneer speakers?
What I don't understand is why people treat their speakers so poorly? Scratched to shit, full of paint, water stained, dinged, dropped, cigarette burns ((or dope), maybe both), and the real interesting thing is pushing in the dust cap on the mid-range or tweeter. Why?
Wayner
What about bubbles in veneer?
Can anything be done about some half-dollar to dollar sized bubbles in veneer?
Needle, inject glue and compress?
I'm trying to restore some speakers that have ALL the problems! Chunks missing, scratches, pushed in dust caps, rotted surrounds etc.
Project speakers to say the least!
The pictures in this thread gives me hope though.
Ben