How to Restore Speakers with Wood Veneer

Mar 10

Written By Bill

I have some old floor standing speakers that were in pretty bad shape. The vinyl was bubbling and peeling and the speaker grill cloth was in terrible shape, but they still sounded good! They have been in my family since I was a kid and mean a lot to me so I decided to restore them using walnut veneer. Watch along to see how I did it and to learn how you can restore your speakers!

Resources:

Speaker Grill Cloth Install Video

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Materials I Used:

(most materials available at your local home improvement store)

Walnut Veneer
Wood Glue
Tack Cloth
Wipe-On Polyurethane (Satin)
Speaker Grill Cloth (Black)
Speaker Cloth Adhesive
Hammered Machine Finish Paint (Silver)
Superglue
Felt Furniture Feet
Speaker Wire

Tools I Used:

(in order of appearance in the video)

Ratcheting Screwdriver
Heat Gun
Plastic Pry Tools
Putty Knife
Utility Knife
Router
Flush Trim Router Bit
Router Offset Base
Random Orbital Sander
Sanding Discs (120, 150 Grit)
Scraper
Brayer Roller
Clothes Iron (any iron will do, but don’t ever use on clothes after!)
Centerpunch
Portable Drill
Sanding Sticks
Awl
Hot Glue Gun
Wire Stripper

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