to paint a wooden speaker box, how would i do it? do i just coat it a few times with primer, then a few coats of paint, then a few coats of clear?


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i wouldn't paint it if i were you, i'd wrap it in carpet... it'll look much better.

ya i think the carpet would look better
but if ur painting it, a layer of primer and a few coats of paint will do it

use some high build primer and spray several coats, wood will suck up the first few coats, then you can wetsand it with 400 grit paper, then paint it and clear it. if done right will look no diffrent then a painted fiberglass enclosure, (this is of course you dont have any screwholes showing or imperfections in the wood.)


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Explain this wet sanding technique please...


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basically just lightly wet the object and the sandpaper. ( get sandpaper made for wetsanding, not the paper kind) then with the sandpaper wet just sand the object, the water helps carry the sanded material away, and it will give you a finish smooth as a baby's butt.


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^^ ur suppost to get water on the object at all times. use the sandpaper and make sure you have water constantly on the area. not alot but enough to keep it wet

Don't wetsand wood. God. We are talking about MDF, right? All you need to do is buff between coats, using a very high grit (1500 would cut it, 2000 would be ideal). You want to keep the buffing to a minimum, it's just to take out the imperfections that the sprayer leaves behind. You also want to make sure it's cleaned off well before going to do the next coat. Spraying it with compressed air will do just fine. when you are done with primer and paint, go with a nice laquer or clear coat to finish it off, again making sure you buff.

Before you start, I would take the edge off of all the corners of the box, and you also want to make sure that it's all even. If an edge is messed up because you didn't put two pieces of your box together properly, it's going to show after paint. 3 coats of each step should do the trick, 3 primer, 3 paint, 3 clear.

I used to work for a company that made special order kitchens. This is how we did MDF cabinets.




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as long as you dont sand through the primer, or get the water on exposed wood, wetsanding wont hurt anything.

right, your not wetsanding the wood, your wetsanding the primer.


other then that though i do agree that unless every edge is perfect and the screwholes are perftect, its going to be showing allot of flaws.


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another good way to fill in woodgrain imperfections is to use woodglue on the wood surface, i used that in my wood models all the time and it makes a finish smooth as glass....it takes practice, but once you get it done it works


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