Magnitosh Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 My original plan to either strip and sand the speakers to bare wood (found out they're plywood...damn) or create a faux wood grain finish have gone by the way. At my local Mom and Pop hardware store I picked up a gallon of enamel base paint/poly mix. After sanding the very nasty flat black finish, filling the nicks/gouges with water putty and more sanding, I applied my first coat of paint. The freaking first coat of paint took 21/2 days to dry. But the finish, oh the finish is like glass! WoW! Its gorgeous. Im putting the 2nd coat on tonight and hope to add many after that. The color is called moon dust, a very dark grayish blue. I left the inner parts of the cabinet black for depth. My idea behind the multiple coats of paint is to have ninja throwing stars bounce off my speakers. Ill send a link for pictures when Im finished. Im very happy with the way this project is turning out. I should receive my new x-overs I ordered tomorrow. Now lets hope this goes as well. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Sounds about like the old Altec Theatre Grey. Kind of Battle ship looking. Very industrial. Someone had a set of LaScalas with Altec 511 horns painted like that a while back. It's cold and 100% humidity outside right now over most of US. Make sure to let each coat fully dry or you'll have a goopy mess on your hands. Heat the room gently but no fans, they move the dust around to you-know-where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 ---------------- On 11/30/2004 4:08:04 PM Magnitosh wrote: My idea behind the multiple coats of paint is to have ninja throwing stars bounce off my speakers. ---------------- My major concern would be... why ninjas are in your audio room throwing stars around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnitosh Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 The ninjas normally only enter the room on weekends after 11pm. -Well, some Monday nights also. hehe. The first coat of paint took about 2 days to dry. It has been 4.5 days since it was applied. There are a couple of areas of concern where it looks like lent landed on the speakers before they were dry. I'll sand the troubled areas down before applying another coat. It is cool and dry in central IL today. I'm not in any type of hurry. I want the speakers to be the exact way "I" want them. The color I picked for the cabinets is quite a bit darker than the Altec V.O.T. My color is also a gloss. I've been secretly in love with these speakers since I was 14 years old. LaaaaaaScaaaaaaLaaaa. Wow, that was 20 years ago. Whew. Don't you just love this hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Ninjas....sorry, thought this was the Star Wars category... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Where's the pix? We're waiting.... DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnitosh Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 I ended up going with black satin over the grey. Ya'll were right. I located some Heritage badges, replaced the drivers and crossovers, now I have a pair of "?..new...?" LaScalas! They didn't sound as good as I thought they might with my MC2205. The synergy I remember having between my poor long lost Quartets and MC2505 was magic. The LaScalas do however sound wonderful with my 40WPC S-25 Integrated ReVox. Even better than I imagined. The overall sound quality of the newer ReVox kicked the poop out of my Mac. Preamps used with the Mac were C712 and C28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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