KLH Model Five ~ Restoration Part 2 ~ Cabinet Repairs & Refinishing

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Products used in this restoration: amzn.to/3zdp7dt

[@mikecampbell5856]

I enjoyed your process and final result. I restore old shotguns and I may spend 5 hours just sanding the butt stock and fore stock. I use 3 coats of stain and 3 coats of Truoil and use #4 steel wool between coats. It takes 6 days but it's worth the wait. I get so angry when I see the condition some of these speakers and some of the electronics are in. What do these previous owners do to these things?

[@PaulToscano-oh1oe]

Small air holes in the epoxy can be slightly overfilled with CA glue then sanded down flush. The color of the epoxy will come through and will not be able to tell hole was ever there.

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Awesome tip thank you!

[@AnimalOrgy]

You can steam dents out with a wet towel and a house hold iron

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Thank you for the tip. I will be trying this out on future work!

[@Technical_Audio]

Your channel is among the best audio refurbishment sites. Any relation to Fernando at SkyFi? You two sound alike.

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Nope, just coincidence :)

[@mikecampbell5856]

My son has some old Altec speakers that have similar issues as yours did. I think I'm going to give them a shot after watching your video. Great job!

[@eabr2881]

Watched this whilst I was sanding my walnut finished Lintons. 😊

[@DW-is3np]

Ben is obviously an expert at this stuff. I'm refreshing my 3rd pair of KLH Model Fives and thought I'd look to an expert to verify what I do. His videos are professional, concise, well-focused, and educational. No shaky camera. Just a high quality video. Others could learn how to do videos from him.

[@cptsobczak]

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your in depth restoration series. I especially appreciated the cosmetic wood veneer tricks.

[@scottskillman]

Thanks for leaving the mistakes in the final edit. It allows me to feel less deficient when they happen to my projects.

[@mariokolenko4322]

Sand and put new veneer over. Its gona take same amount of time to make this video.

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Getting a nice joint at the cap would be very difficult without pulling the original veneer.

[@emorykearns2073]

I appreciate you for these videos mistakes and all

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

Out of curiosity, how much would you charge for this? I’ve got a set of speakers I’d like to restore, but I’d never even attempt this on my own. Looks easy, but I know it’s not lol

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

I do not offer restoration of the KLH model Five. This was a labor of love.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

@@NovaluxStereophonic yeah I just meant if you did do a restoration for someone else, what would be a ballpark figure?

[@terryday7203]

this is my favorite new channel

[@klebercarneiro1872]

Good Job!

[@b.powell3480]

Mist some water on the dented areas, the moisture will raise the wood grain, let dry and lightly sand with 150 - 200 grit so you don't sand through the veneer !

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

Thanks for the tip! I’ll keep this in mind the next time that I am doing cabinet work.

[@b.powell3480]

@@NovaluxStereophonic this tip is for removing dents out of any kind of speaker cabinet repair!, not for air conditioning work, that's another topic for another day !

[@NovaluxStereophonic]

@@b.powell3480 typo - fixed :)

[@b.powell3480]

@@NovaluxStereophonic oh, ok, sorry, didn't realize it was a typo, lol 😆

[@b.powell3480]

@@NovaluxStereophonic Here's a way to fix the back of the KLH model five speaker enclosure where the tape removed some of the paint, of course it's the back, so you won't see it, but, to ease your mind, mask off the terminal panel using pieces of cardboard and painters tape, ( you don't want to have the tape remove more paint), carefully shrink wrap the sides of the enclosure that you carefully refinished, apply a couple of coats of medium brown matte spray paint to blend in and cover the areas of paint that the tape removed previously, the whole enclosure is made if particleboard with the walnut wood veneer, so the back will look fairly uniform when your done, let dry overnight and everything should be fine, besides, the spray paint will help seal the back of the enclosures from absorbing any moisture in the air and swelling up or discoloring !

[@mariokolenko4322]

Put pictures of my work on your facebook page, look.

[@mariokolenko4322]

Just sand hard and put new veneer over the old one.

[@mariokolenko4322]

That epoxy corners look horibble.

[@mariokolenko4322]

You are genius for electronics, wood work is not for you.