I'm going to be finalizing my mini-statements next week and am a bit apprehensive about the final stages of painting. I have been researching the variety of finishing suggestions for weeks now and am pretty confident on the first stages of my finishing process:
1] Seal all large gaps and problem areas with Bondo
2] Sand entire cabs with 320grit
3] Coat cabs with wood glue/water mixture (planning to experiment with ratio...I've seen everything from 1:1 to 3:1 glue:water suggested)
4] Allow to harden, then sand with 320grit
5] Coat of primer
6] Coat of color
7] Wetsand
8] Coat of color
...now here's where it gets a bit fuzzy for me. I am shooting for a flat/satin black finish, so I don't need to spend a ludicrous amount of time wetsanding. My question is: what should I do to finalize this process? Should I coat with rattle can clearcoat? Should I use some sort of laquer? Should I, perhaps, just leave things be with the final coat of color?
I am less concerned with protecting the speaker finish as I don't anticipate many bumps/scratches. I just want a straightforward process to get a nice "flat-ish" finish. Any thoughts/suggestions/links are GREATLY appreciated!!
1] Seal all large gaps and problem areas with Bondo
2] Sand entire cabs with 320grit
3] Coat cabs with wood glue/water mixture (planning to experiment with ratio...I've seen everything from 1:1 to 3:1 glue:water suggested)
4] Allow to harden, then sand with 320grit
5] Coat of primer
6] Coat of color
7] Wetsand
8] Coat of color
...now here's where it gets a bit fuzzy for me. I am shooting for a flat/satin black finish, so I don't need to spend a ludicrous amount of time wetsanding. My question is: what should I do to finalize this process? Should I coat with rattle can clearcoat? Should I use some sort of laquer? Should I, perhaps, just leave things be with the final coat of color?
I am less concerned with protecting the speaker finish as I don't anticipate many bumps/scratches. I just want a straightforward process to get a nice "flat-ish" finish. Any thoughts/suggestions/links are GREATLY appreciated!!
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