KZfaq should require every DIY video maker to watch this video. Perfect.

Nicely presented and super useful. I was literally going out to my shop to veneer a set of speakers today and would have spent a lot of time sanding the existing veneer, which is identical to yours. I did not realize it was vinyl. Wood glue or hide glue would probably not have worked, so you just saved me some aggravation. Thank you!

I was considering replacing the peeling vinyl veneer on some recently acquired vintage Sansui speakers, but after watching all the work it takes... I am DEFINITELY going to do it!! (only if the speakers sound good after my tech checks the cross-overs.)

A couple of points, if you don't mind me piggybacking.... A. Do NOT use isopropyl alcohol to clean your surface before cementing. It will bubble up your cement and it will not work. (ask me how i know) B. When trimming the edges after cementing, put your speaker on a HARD surface, not cardboard. If you try to trim on cardboard your veneer will flake apart like crazy. (ask me how i know) Just trying to help anyone trying this for the first time. Anyway, great video !

Beautiful! I'm building a set of speakers now, and have a nice sheet of bubinga veneer. I don't have any experience with veneering, so might actually get some practice doing it on my old pair of Paradigm Mini Monitors. Thanks for demonstrating the process.

Absolutely beautiful!

wow the finish is amazing !!!

Thanks for all of the good real advice. My theater will be up and running shortly to all of the THX specs for a 7.2.4. (With a few exceptions due to duct work and plumbing but that’s life!)

They look fabulous! Going to be building some diy speakers soon. I keep going back and forth between paint and veneer…not sure i have the patience for veneer but wow they look good!

IMHO, it’s a must to remove the driver and other components, to avoid damages.

Brilliant. Exactly the advice I was looking for a similar project. Cheers mate.

Wow, such a cool rewarding project. I want to veneer everything I own now

Ive got a few pairs of speakers that need exactly this! Thank you!!!

That softener trick would have saved me a lot of pain and anguish on my tower speakers! Great video.

yeah ...nice job!

Thank you for sharing this. Nice job.

This is fantastic! Thanks so much.

Wow man, those came out awesome!

Nice job and spray action. Transformed look👍

Great work and great video. I especially liked the commentaries as you went along with the project.

Top job !

Nice. Great tips! Thanks.

Great job

Man, I love it, Thanks.

Hey man great job! Thanks for sharing!

Wow 🤩

Thank you for the video. Can I add a pattern neck in a narrow area on the front border? I worked on a similar design of speakers as a film, but I'd like to work on the patterned wood again, but I'm wondering if it's possible with a small area in the front.

That's fantastic.

Need to redo the fronts black now. Looks so much better than before.

I did this with a set of jbl 4312A monitors. Better looking than any factory version!

Thank you

Thank you very much..helpfully 👍👍👍👍

Awesome video that will help many people. Subscribed.

Very nice.

Nice easy upgrade

Looking good man. Will be doing some veneer projects myself here pretty soon.

Great video!¡! Thank you!

That's some spectacular grain in that veneer. Even without a finish it looks 3D. It's always a good idea to scuff sand a non-wood substrate prior to applying contact cement.

Perfect video. Just the right amount of explaining. Thanks very much.

Another excellent video.

I would love to finish my projects like this but in the uk vaneer is really expensive

great job. And they look great at the end.

Nice

Thanks for giving me more ideas to spend more $$$ 😆

👍👍👍👍👍👍Thanks.

PS I agree on the spray on laquer, it's a pain to use a roller and sand in between layers, spray can for the win

4 months ago I did something like this - real Oak veneer ( pre glued ) 1 ft x 8 ft, $50..... and with zero veneering experience or tools, I'm saying B+ or A minus. only question, how long is the glue going to stick to the stock vinyl on the KEF Q350's > real good + speakers but obviously KEF tried hard to keep cost down with cheap finsh. tools I bought - curved linoleum knife ( worked before for me than a razor box cutter) and as 3 in. wide H.D. roller. thats it.

This is a great video! I'm subscribing.

trying to fill this crack in my speaker where the black ash painting is falling off, what paint should i get for it. they're are the black ash Wharfedale diamond 9.1s. seeing different black ash paints but not sure which to get

Thanks for the video. You recently recommended JBL 305’s for home theater. What would be a good receiver to pair them with? Thank you!

Nice!! You are a brave man. I would have taken the drivers out, and everything else that could be detached. It's possible even the dress baffle can be removed (that's possible on some speakers). But I would have done that because I'm a complete klutz, LOL. With all the detachable stuff removed from the speaker, perhaps it might have been possible to lift the vinyl with a bit of acetone...

Nice job men

@ 6:35 - ... I'm watching that drip get closer... closer.... closer... DAMN! It's on the driver....

Is that unbacked unfinished wood veneer? Does the vinyl act as a balance?

Is cool how you apply the contract cement with the spatula. I never knew the right way to do it bot I see most people use a brush

6:33 Little drip going right into your speaker more like lol :D

Hi there! This is exactly the project I am planning to do, except on a brand new Triangle Br03 speakers I just acquired. Loving the sound, unfortunately not loving the very fake looking walnut vinyl. Does applying a layer of veneer over existing vinyl affect the speaker's acoustic performance?

How is the adhesive holding up? I thought maybe roughing up the vinyl surface with like 400 grit sand paper might help the adhesion better between the veneer and the vinyl?

Well done video. No stuttering, constant um um um or obnoxious music.

Cool project. Thanks for showing how to do that. Anyone else start feeling really anxious at 6:39 when the cement starts dripping down onto the baffle? NOOOOO!!!! (yelled out in voice of security guard in Austin Powers)

Great end result but I can't believe you didn't fully mask off the baffle and let glue drip in it lol.

Good, you spread the ciment over the membrane, remove the drivers always!!!

Hi, i enjoy every minute of the video, Thanks for showing and would like to shake your hand sir 👌🔥👍

great video as always brother, great job on the veneer!

cAN mix sawdust and glue to get better match in crack

I believe a steam iron will work to flatten the veneer

“See-ment” lol

Why not use a trim foam roller?

Yo watch dat splooge yo!

Is it possible to mix the glue with a pigment and then fill in cracks?

A shop is not worthy of these beautiful speakers!

Could you do this on a medium sized subwoofer or would the veneer pieces be too small? Do you need to use 1 sheet per side?

not removed drivers???

Many years ago we used good old water😅

I have several sets of speakers that came from the factory with real wood veneer on them and a couple are really showing their age. They're also oiled finish so they've never really been "sealed". I've been up in the air for years now debating whether or not to attempt to recover them. The worst offenders are teak veneer, so that won't be cheap if I bone it. Decisions, decisions...

Wouldn't it be better to add two coats to the porous (veneer) surface and one coat on the sealed vinyl? The directions on the can say the opposite of what you did.

Watching the adhesive run down into the cone made me cringe 😬 06:50

epoxy coat would have made them a lot prettier

From what I've read, it's not a good idea to use contact cement if you plan on finishing with a penetrating type oil, such as tung oil, because the oil can possibly destroy the cement over time.

I like your channel but this was a dodgy tutorial. I'm a perfectionist but I wonder why you didn't use a brush or a roller, glue is dropping everywhere, you even spilled some on the veneer. But good tips on softening and filling in the gaps, spot on!

6:36

6:38 oops

Can you plug your phone in here and play music?

Ehat a hack,dude you keep getting glue on the sides and wiping off,thats where you should have taped off

You keep saying they are OLD SHOP SPEAKERS, so any damage does not matter, then WHY even bother putting this veneer on them at all? Or am I missing something....??

Испортил корпуса!😜

A lot of effort for an ugly result. You can see defects along the edges.

awful

thank you for sharing the procedure for treating veneer before applaying it. I suffered watching covering that sexy black with veneer and the glue leaking into the woofer suspension. It would have been better sticking veneer on to rough wood loudspeakers.

Hashy