Cabinet repair - need help

[fin1bxn]

Just bought a pr of fixer uper spendors and the top of one realy bothers me. I'm thinking of a few ways to fix it, but run into trouble as. The finish ls Rosewood

1) If I slice off two inchess across the top and glue in a new piece of veneer

2) Sand down and replace the whole top

3) Do the whole speaker

4) Do both speakers

5) Do nothing

My problem is the other speaker is perfect and the rest of this speaker is perfect and the wood grain matches from the side over the top. Then trying to macth the finish after I replace the veneer if I Splice in the small piece or just to the top

Any help or sugestions would be appriciated

Thanks
Bob

[Ed LaFontaine]

Can you post a photo?

[fin1bxn]

This is a high resolution close up pic

[Ed LaFontaine]

Thanks RN,

You will balance your resources, skills and desires to get to a solution. I think the repair could include lesser areas of the other 2 surfaces at the corner. The absence of rounding of the corners does simplify things. The least intrusive repair would be to leave as much of the original veneer in place as you can salvage. Fix those sections of veneer that are loose with new adhesive. Fill remaining voids with wax-based color sticks. Use the same approach on the adjacent sides. HTH

Is this a front corner or back?

[fin1bxn]

Its the front left corner, You are looking at it from the left side.
Part of the problem; in that spot the wood is bubled up a little. I would need to hit that spot with a belt sander to get it smooth. We are talking about a 2" from the front back and about 3 to 4" from the side into the top.

Trying to lift the veneer and then sand and reglue and wax might be to hard but might work.

Thanks for responding

[fin1bxn]

ANother view of the damage

[Conrad Hoffman]

I don't see any way to fix this short of slicing off some or all of the veneer and gluing in a new piece. Much as I like nice wood, the thought also occurred of gluing down the loose areas, filling the dents with body filler, then painting the pair black. You could even do the piano finish that was discussed in a recent thread. Or, use the same process on the damaged faces, then veneer right over the old veneer. I dislike repair work so much that I'd probably build new cabinets and pop the old drivers into those.

[fin1bxn]

Its the front left corner, You are looking at it from the left side.
Part of the problem; in that spot the wood is bubled up a little. I would need to hit that spot with a belt sander to get it smooth. We are talking about a 2" from the front back and about 3 to 4" from the side into the top.

Trying to lift the veneer and then sand and reglue and wax might be to hard but might work.

Thanks for responding

[chrish]

First thing - forget the belt sander. Power tools are not going to be good here, kind of like your dentist trying to do a filling with a jack hammer. The best match you are going to get with the veneer is to use what is already there. As you have stated, the sides and top are matched veneer. If you replace the whole top, it will be very obvious.

You want to get yourself a very sharp chisel or similar. cut away the veneer where the underlying wood has bubbled. Save the veneer. pare down the raised wood with a sharp chisel. Remember, control and use a sharp tool. you may need to fill the damaged wood with filler of some description. replace veneer. Fill areas where there is no veneer with coloured wax as described above.

Good luck!

[sreten]

Hi,

What Spendor model are they ? baffle twiddling mat be possible ...

You may be able to remove the veneer with a wallpaper steamer.
Worth a try at least, then fix the damage and reapply.

/sreten.