willland Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 23 hours ago, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said: I've seen cherry and maple naturally darken with UV ray exposure over many years but it still wasn't anywhere near THAT much, that's a big jump, it don't think it would be accurate to say you'd end up with this just by letting time pass. At bottom is a comparison photo of 5 coats of poly clearcoat on natural cherry(L) and a board of raw natural cherry(R). Directly below is what I used on the speaker stands. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Huge difference, looks good Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldred Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Wow ....those are cherry.....When I first say pic on Fb...thought they were walnut. George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTR Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 On 10/6/2017 at 1:07 PM, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said: Possibly the first custom-ish Forte iii here, not sure. Basically the new cherry hasn't been some people's favorite idea so I had some done in the old style as a custom request. The new natural cherry has no stain and it is pretty pale, almost looks like pine with some pink streaks. The old style has a stain applied which is what was done here. I thought it turned out nicely. Will upload more pics if I get any. Crap, that looks great! Exactly what I wanted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTR Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 On 10/8/2017 at 7:30 AM, willland said: At bottom is a comparison photo of 5 coats of poly clearcoat on natural cherry(L) and a board of raw natural cherry(R). Directly below is what I used on the speaker stands. @willland what would you suggest for removing the “soft”poly on my speakers, and going with something that will make my speakers darker to match my other Klipsch cherry speakers. The soft polyurethane they put on my Fortes are driving me nuts and Klipsch won’t do anything about it. I figure if I’m going to take the polyurethane off, might as well make them match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 21 minutes ago, RTR said: @willland what would you suggest for removing the “soft”poly on my speakers, and going with something that will make my speakers darker to match my other Klipsch cherry speakers. The soft polyurethane they put on my Fortes are driving me nuts and Klipsch won’t do anything about it. I figure if I’m going to take the polyurethane off, might as well make them match. I am not the guy to ask about removing a previous stain/clearcoat. I have only used raw wood. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 @RTR man just sell those things and we can start over with ones like these. I'll call you sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike V Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 So what would you charge to custom finish 2 new Forte IIIs and 1 new Heresy III? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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