Ep. 37 - How to Apply Real Wood Veneer your DIY Speaker | DIY Speaker Veneer | Home Theater Gurus 

RU-vid should require every DIY video maker to watch this video. Perfect.

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

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 !

This is awesome. I just picked up some older speakers and planning to follow this step for step. Thank you.

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!

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

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.)

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Wow man, those came out awesome!

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...

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!

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

wow the finish is amazing !!!

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

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

Awesome video that will help many people. Subscribed.

Absolutely beautiful!

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

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

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!)

Man, I love it, Thanks.

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

great job. And they look great at the end.

This is a great video! I'm subscribing.

Great video!¡! Thank you!

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

Hey man great job! Thanks for sharing!

Nice job and spray action. Transformed look👍

Thank you for sharing this. Nice job.

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)

I know this is a demo on how, at 6:34 the contact cement splash and the residual drips went to the speaker woofer. I think maybe wise to cover all the front with some plastic or masking tape. This would be much more than I would have ever done myself but still sad to see a good woofer get contact cement on it and paradigm ain’t cheap to replace

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

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

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

Another excellent video.

Nice. Great tips! Thanks.

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

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.

Nice easy upgrade

“See-ment” lol

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

yeah ...nice job!

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!

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

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?

Thank you very much..helpfully 👍👍👍👍

This is fantastic! Thanks so much.

Top job !

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

That's fantastic.

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.

Nice job men

I believe a steam iron will work to flatten the veneer

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.

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?

Great job

Wow 🤩

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

cAN mix sawdust and glue to get better match in crack

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.

Very nice.

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

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

Thank you

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

👍👍👍👍👍👍Thanks.

Why not use a trim foam roller?

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...

Yo watch dat splooge yo!

not removed drivers???

Many years ago we used good old water😅

A shop is not worthy of these beautiful speakers!

epoxy coat would have made them a lot prettier

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?

Nice

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!

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....??

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.

Can you plug your phone in here and play music?

6:38 oops

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

Испортил корпуса!😜

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

6:36

awful

Hashy