OILING YOUR SPEAKERS

[H-D Rider]

What kind of oil do all of you use?.

[Islander]

I’ve used orange oil with good results.  It makes a change from the popular lemon oil.

[Travis In Austin]

On 3/29/2021 at 11:26 AM, H-D Rider said:

But my lV`s now have a rough bumpy feel to them .

IV's are not oiled. They don't do any oil finishes in Hope any longer. 

 

What every you do, you have to make sure that it doesn't remove the special lacquer underneath.

 

Travis

[Travis In Austin]

1 hour ago, H-D Rider said:

What kind of oil do all of you use?.

If it is an oiled finish, I use WATCO Rejuvenating Oil  based on the recommendation of @HDBRbuilder who worked in the factory with oil was in it's hey day.

[OO1]

2 hours ago, H-D Rider said:

I called Klipsch in hope today and they are lacquer .

 

 

can you please post the telephone number of KLIPSCH ---- forum members complain of not being able to reach klipsch by phone  -----tx

[H-D Rider]

 Here ya go,  Klipsch Hope AR  870-777-6751. picked right up .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[babadono]

I use lemon oil on the oil finish speakers I have. Then once every 20 years(?) I'll break down and apply Watco in natural. Wipe off excess before it can gel and splotch. On lacquer i use Tung oil and wipe off the excess almost immediately. If you let that sit you'll have a mess on your hands.

[H-D Rider]

9 hours ago, babadono said:

If you let that sit you'll have a mess on your hands.

For Shure , It was a mess lucky I was able to clean it up .

[HDBRbuilder]

I use very light application of Johnson's paste wax on my laquered speakers...and buff it to a high gloss by hand. works great!    If old oiled finish, then wipe them down with wood soap first, to clean any surface grunge from them, wait until next day and  then use whatever the original oil finish was...if not sure...use Watco's rejuvenating oil.

 

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