Is it possible to veneer over a vinyl type wrap on a pair of speakers? I have a pair of Mission 780 speakers which have the common black wood grain effect finish. I would like to give these a real wood finish to match my furniture if possible. Thanks.
I would figure out how to remove that vinyl wrap, they probably used something similar to hot melt glue that might come off with an iron. (My old employer did) Not sure how well contact adhesive adheres to vinyl - might be OK or not.. If you do remove it some prep work prior to veneering is probably going to be required.
Lots of the speaker building crowd should have good answers for you
If you thoroughly clean first and cold press with white glue ( Weldbond, etc) - not a solvent based contact - you should have no problem with adhesion, but you could get some telegraphing of embossed grain pattern.
But as Kevin noted above, if you really want to turn these into a silk purse, it would be nice to strip off the old vinyl - just be ready to sacrifice a cheap clothes iron to the cause. Actually, buy 2 and use the second one to apply the veneer - works much faster than cold press or vacuum bagging, and allows for adjusting grain alignment not possible with contact cements. It also has the advantage of not being affected by solvent based finishing products (stains/lacquers)
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If the wrap can be removed cleanly I will go this route as it is obviously the better way to go. However, if not, I would rub down the wrap to get rid of the embossing as much as possible. Whichever way I go, I think I am going to have to strip the units down. It might be a good time to look at any possible mods to sound deadening material etc.
No matter what you try be sure to sand it with about 120 grit paper first. Do a few tests for adhesion on the back before you do the whole thing.
Remove vinyl...!!! with help of hot air....it will go....than sand it as Simon....
I ve done such things a few times. Cold press with white glue is better solution but some contact glue is mabe more easy to do.....But some of those contact glues will fail after some time. Don't use any spray contact glues......It can be done with 2 component epoxy glue too. But epoxy is hard to sand.....
Regards, Taj
I ve done such things a few times. Cold press with white glue is better solution but some contact glue is mabe more easy to do.....But some of those contact glues will fail after some time. Don't use any spray contact glues......It can be done with 2 component epoxy glue too. But epoxy is hard to sand.....
Regards, Taj
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