spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
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The Drama Dude
Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
Well tolex isn't an absolute necessity. Mesa boogie and a lot of other boutique cabinet makers use nice looking woods which they stain and clear coat similar to how you would finish a guitar. If you're going to spray paint it with like a flat black, make sure you do any grain filling if necessary. And think about laying down a primer coat before colour, then clear coat it (and wet sand & buff) so it looks spiffy. That way, even with something simple like a plain black, it'll come out looking uniformly coloured and classy.
Well tolex isn't an absolute necessity. Mesa boogie and a lot of other boutique cabinet makers use nice looking woods which they stain and clear coat similar to how you would finish a guitar. If you're going to spray paint it with like a flat black, make sure you do any grain filling if necessary. And think about laying down a primer coat before colour, then clear coat it (and wet sand & buff) so it looks spiffy. That way, even with something simple like a plain black, it'll come out looking uniformly coloured and classy.
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The Drama Dude
Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
No, that wont work. Teak oil is a penetrating oil i.e. it penetrates the wood pores and conditions it so it's meant to be used on either bare wood or stained wood, not on top of paint/primer.
If you're using paint/primer you need to pick an appropriate varnish to go on top because the paint alone wont protect the wood from moisture absorption. Depending on the type of paint you pick, the most conventional varnishes you could match up with it are polyurethane or lacquer (acrylic or nitrocellulose).
No, that wont work. Teak oil is a penetrating oil i.e. it penetrates the wood pores and conditions it so it's meant to be used on either bare wood or stained wood, not on top of paint/primer.
If you're using paint/primer you need to pick an appropriate varnish to go on top because the paint alone wont protect the wood from moisture absorption. Depending on the type of paint you pick, the most conventional varnishes you could match up with it are polyurethane or lacquer (acrylic or nitrocellulose).
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The Drama Dude
Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
Just a note... acquiring tolex might be more expensive, but it's also a lot less work and isn't very difficult to do. Finishing wood in a primer/paint/clear coat system is not only a pain in the ass to spray but it also has much bigger potential to screw up if you don't know how to do it well.
Another option you could look into is getting a auto body shop to prime/paint/clear coat it for you. Might cost a bit though.
Just a note... acquiring tolex might be more expensive, but it's also a lot less work and isn't very difficult to do. Finishing wood in a primer/paint/clear coat system is not only a pain in the ass to spray but it also has much bigger potential to screw up if you don't know how to do it well.
Another option you could look into is getting a auto body shop to prime/paint/clear coat it for you. Might cost a bit though.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
I say you go for it and cover it in this
http://goo.gl/7RmEdD
I say you go for it and cover it in this
http://goo.gl/7RmEdD
beaubrummels
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Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
Fleckstone
Fleckstone
Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
To be honest ,I feel much more comfortable spray painting than applying tolex ,thanks everyone!
Nothing goes better for a heavy metal oriented cab than pink furr
)...
pink furr is METAL !
To be honest ,I feel much more comfortable spray painting than applying tolex ,thanks everyone!
Nothing goes better for a heavy metal oriented cab than pink furr
)...pink furr is METAL !
ehdwuld
A Ficus
Re: spray paint for guitar speaker cabinet?
Cover it with old blue jeans and t shirts
Any fabric really
Mexican blanket
Wet it with wallpaper glue press fabric tight and smooth
Tuck into corners
Spray clear lacquer over enter thing
You can always rip it.off and paint it
Try something different first
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Cover it with old blue jeans and t shirts
Any fabric really
Mexican blanket
Wet it with wallpaper glue press fabric tight and smooth
Tuck into corners
Spray clear lacquer over enter thing
You can always rip it.off and paint it
Try something different first
*(Sent from my durned phone!)*
