Panacea Engineering Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Let me expand on the Watco Wet Sanding. You actually use the Watco as the sanding medium and wet/dry 600 grit sandpaper. You don't sand hard or profusely, just a light sanding and then wipe it down with clean (cotton) rags. The more you do this the deeper the finish. It usually just takes a couple of applications and you can tell how it is doing. I usually do it three times. NEVER use a power sander for this process......If you are very agressive, you stand the chance of sanding through the veneer unless you are working with solid wood. All you are trying to accomplish is to knock off the 'Fuzz" and fill the poors. You will really like how it turns out.......it will be a smoothe as a baby's behind....or something like that with a deep finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpampt Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Yep. What he said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubdog Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Very nice. I love the natural color of hickory. cubdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUSkier Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 So, after getting wrapped up on day-to-day crap I didn't touch these things for a while. The last few weeks I spent a lot of time finishing these speakers. I got the drivers and networks in the first one tonight and I'm going to finish the other tomorrow. In any event, here's the potentially final product. I'm still deciding if I want to take my polisher to the shellac to give it a really nice gloss. So without further waiting, I present an incredibly rare set of hickory Cornwalls [] Also, this photo was taken before I dusted the motorboard. She looks much cleaner now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny's Jill Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Those look fantastic. Nice job. Craig 73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUSkier Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Thanks a bunch. I finally got them dialed in and they sound just as great as I remember. The really good news is I also like they way they meld with the RC-64. At this point I'm trying to decide if I should dampen the horns or not (or add some polyfill on the walls for that matter. I know some model years had it and some did not). One final photo for the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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