Refinishing speaker ? Is it possible

[vacs2000]

Hi

To your experience is it possible to refinish an old speaker without taking out the old veneer ?

My speakers have an ugly to my eyes oak veneer. I would like to try something more ...but I donnot want to scrap all this oak out if possible

thank you

george

[SteveLee]

There have been a couple of recent discussions about refinishing wood veneer speakers:

http://216.37.9.58/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002408.html

http://216.37.9.58/ubb/Forum9/HTML/001411.html

These may give you some useful information ....

[Malcolm]

If it is the color of the oak you don't like, it may be possible to stain it a different shade. Darker is easiest. Lighter may also be possible if you bleach the wood first. Or you could paint it.

If it is the grain you don't like, you can veneer right over it if it is sound. There are glue backed veneers in many popular woods, including walnut, birch, teak, etc., that are fairly simple to apply. They are about as easy to use as peel, stick, trim, with some care of course. And if you are willing to do the gluing yourself, just about any wood in the world is a possibility. You might want to check www.constantines.com to get an idea of what is available.

Is the current finish oiled, lacquered or what?

[vacs2000]

Hi.

thank you for the info. It is a relative dark oil oak finish but I donnot like the grains, the color also is very so-so . It really looks very cheap especially when I remember the magnificent mahogany cabinets of my past Bozak speakers.. If I'll get the chance I try a photo.

It is a late 1989 model and really wondering how an expensive in principle speaker can be finished like that.

So I'll try your hints.

regards

g