Ben Baad

Good idea. Thanks

I'm almost done with one of the two speakers. Should be finished by tomorrow. I removed the klipsch sticker to sand and stain. What kind of glue is recommended for putting this back on?

I doubt I will have the same problem when I do the rest of the job. But just in case I do I'd like to have a plan. Where I went wrong was I should of waited a couple days to do that third coat. the stain was sticking a bit more than I'd of liked partially because I was interrupted and the stain sat a a few minutes longer than planned and was not able to wipe off in time to avoid the "sticky" feel

I got the desired darkness. I'm interested in tips to dull the gloss a bit and also smooth out the slight stickiness. Any ideas?

I'm easily confused lol. Gotta be careful with me haha..

It is the bottom that you see. Using that as my test board. I actually didn't do much sanding on the bottom board. Does it look like I sanded too much?

So I'm still in the testing stage. I've just applied a second coat of my stain and it's almost as dark as I'd like. I will do a third coat and hopefully it will be just right.

I am testing the color now. I am not following direction. I am putting a small amount of stain on and wiping clean so that I can start light and get it to the desired color. I'm using the bottom board for my test. Also something I learned today that you guys may know, vegetable oil takes the wood stain off of skin in seconds. I learned this after spending a half hour of washing with soap =)

Any tips for corner dings? 9

I purchased this today. I think this will hide some flaws in the wood and go with my dark furniture.

As you can see I have some deep stains in the wood. This is after a few minutes of sanding.

Thanks eth2. I do not want to rush this project as I am hoping for a good result. I've learned from many mistakes that faster never is better lol. I've been reading through a bunch of threads gathering a lot of info. I wish I would of found a group like this for some of my other projects that turned into nightmares lol

That is very nice tarheel. Nice floors also =)

So much information =). You people are very cool. I will post pictures of them once I'm done. A lot to think about and now I'm more undecided on which way to go with these =)

What do you mean by adding trim?

And looking at the pictures again, the speakers look a lot better in the photos than they do in person.

Very friendly group. Thanks for the welcome. I have set these up and the sound quality is top notch. I say if it isn't broke don't fix it. With the wood there are noticeable stains, scuffs and a few minor dings so that's the reason I'm interested in staining them. I do love the natural wood look but honestly it will kind of stick out in the room I'd like to have them in. should I not worry about possible spiderwebs in the dog house area?

My plan is to clean these up so I can sand and stain them as a gift for my wife's birthday. Any information would be appreciated.

Long story short my father In law passed a couple years ago and my wife and I kept a few things that she wanted from his belongings. One of those items are some great klipsch speakers. I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to speakers. These speakers have been in storage for a very long while and need some serious work cosmetically before I bring them in the house. My first issue is spiderwebs. Cleaning what I can see is easy but cleaning what I can't see is becoming a problem. Any tips on cleaning these? Also if I am posting in the wrong area please let me know.