On Thursday, 12 April 2018 16:37:54 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I'm in the process of re-furbishing a pair of pro loudspeakers for re-sale
and hopefully a vast profit. ;-)

Most of the ones I've seem before are teak veneer over plywood.

This pair have a factory black finish. But not like any black ash veneer
I've ever seen - I'm pretty certain it is just paint over the teak
original. But definitely a factory job by the original self adhesive
labels.

The paint has rubbed through on the odd edge showing the teak underneath.
Some blemishes too on the tops - but nothing too bad.

The paint is pretty thinly applied looking at the chips etc. And the grain
of the teak shows through. I'd describe the finish as satin. There's also
no sign of a different colour undercoat that I can see.

The backs of the speakers with the maker's labels are just fine so don't
need re-painting. So all I really need to do is a light sand of the tops,
and re-paint those.

But what sort of paint to use?

Whatever you use, definitely spray it. I'd use any solvent based stuff.


NT