totalcomfort Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Just got a pair of 402 horns, they have a few minor scratch's and could use a little refinish to get them looking great. Was thinking about a very light buff with steel wool and painting them. Is this safe and what kind of paint should I use? Would like to use a semi gloss paint if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J M O N Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I came across this image one day and wondered if the 402s could be painted similarly. I believe these were painted with automotive paint by someone that knows what they were doing. That could surely look nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 13 hours ago, totalcomfort said: ...they have a few minor scratches and could use a little refinish to get them looking great. Was thinking about a very light buff with steel wool and painting them. Is this safe and what kind of paint should I use? Would like to use a semi gloss paint if I can. Depending on the exact version of K-402s that you have, they are probably already painted black. My "second-generation" K-402s are, i.e., the ones that weigh about 25 lbs. each. (The 15 lb. third generation horns now appear to be unpainted). I assume that it's the same mat finish paint that Klipsch uses on their Professional products--whatever that happens to be. You can use steel wool to remove any loose paint. I'd use a fairly dilute mixture to give a nice finish and to cover extremely thin scratches, i.e., don't use a thick thixotropic type of paint, etc. Any big scratches can be filled with something that can be very lightly sanded with 400-600 grit for preparation to paint. The only place in the horn to be careful about painting the front surface is in the throat area--I'd keep the paint thickness down to one thin coat in this area. Otherwise you can probably do almost anything reasonable, keeping the coating thickness on the thin side--nothing thick. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalcomfort Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 7 hours ago, Chris A said: Depending on the exact version of K-402s that you have, they are probably already painted black. My "second-generation" K-402s are, i.e., the ones that weigh about 25 lbs. each. (The 15 lb. third generation horns now appear to be unpainted). I assume that it's the same mat finish paint that Klipsch uses on their Professional products--whatever that happens to be. You can use steel wool to remove any loose paint. I'd use a fairly dilute mixture to give a nice finish and to cover extremely thin scratches, i.e., don't use a thick thixotropic type of paint, etc. Any big scratches can be filled with something that can be very lightly sanded with 400-600 grit for preparation to paint. The only place in the horn to be careful about painting the front surface is in the throat area--I'd keep the paint thickness down to one thin coat in this area. Otherwise you can probably do almost anything reasonable, keeping the coating thickness on the thin side--nothing thick. Thanks , that is what I was thinking. Just going for a very light coat of semi gloss black. Didn't know if the paint would react with the fiberglass and plastic in the horn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Ray, get to work already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 4, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 4, 2018 On 10/6/2017 at 4:43 PM, totalcomfort said: Thanks , that is what I was thinking. Just going for a very light coat of semi gloss black. Didn't know if the paint would react with the fiberglass and plastic in the horn Did you end up painting them? How did they turn out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalcomfort Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 Not yet been trying to get it done, @rockhound had his done by a local autobody guy and said he did a great job for a good price. Going to take mine to the same guy when I can get the time. Going to get a look at rockhounds next week I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 5, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2018 On 4/7/2018 at 10:26 AM, rockhound said: Ray, get to work already. Do you know what.color they used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Travis I went with flat black with an eggshell finish. I didn't want to do anything to degrade their value with some weird custom color. I plan to put grills over them and box them in at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J M O N Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 On 10/5/2017 at 9:56 PM, JMON said: I came across this image one day and wondered if the 402s could be painted similarly. Looks like someone has done just that: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Make sure the surface is smooth and have them wrapped at an auto detail/window film business. I’ll post the photos of mine in a bit. Tons of colors/finishes and when you want to change the color peel it off and pick another. Painting will be damn near permanent- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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