How to polish a Technics 1200 turntables

[@andykelly7321]

Man the fact that you did it all yourself makes it so much more worthwhile in the end. Awesome work, thanks for sharing. :)

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Thanks for watching

[@DjKennyisglobal]

what you said

[@DSupremeLounge]

Sponsored by the fine folks at any sandpaper company

[@mhk0030]

It takes a lot of patience, but in the end it was worth it. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Yes, some patience and definitely worth it. It also have me a chance to clean and lube everything. Work better than ever.

[@illk1978]

How's this shaping up now? Is there any 'patina' or tanish anything on the bare metal? Looks really good and awesome work mate

[@brendancag]

Very curious myself. Wondering also if it would make sense to hit it with a clear coat spray to stop corrosion. Not sure what type of steel but seriously considering this…

[@RuscoFilms]

I can't stop watching this video! It's given me the confidence to do my 1200. 🙂

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I was the same way. I finally decided to take the chance. I recommend labeling or marking everything especially the screws. Take pictures and you'll be fine. Good luck!

[@basaraj]

Great video. I am going to do this to one of my SL1200's right now. Love the result. Just one question. From my experience doing this on motorcycle and bicycle parts made of aluminum, the surface tends to oxidize and get dull over time. Have you noticed this?

[@digdizcomment3071]

It's the paint remover try sandblasting much quicker than this technique for prep work

[@its_me_dave]

Yep, you godda polish it again once in a while 🤪

[@TheLiamMurphy]

How to make the decks Polish? Why would I want to make them Polish? They are already German and owned by a Japanese conglomerate. Making them Polish would just make them grumpy.

[@MrStout14]

did you put a clear coat on to protect it after polishing? looks amazing

[@hyroglifbeatsjuanorellana6441]

thank you for the great tutorial... just finished doing it to my 1200s... and they came out sweet.... much appreciated... greetings from Central America, Guatemala City.....

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I'm glad it helped you do yours. I love the way they look fully polished. Look around for rub on decals. I got some on etsy and it really makes them look finished.

[@redl1ght1]

Frightening amount of work.Just buy a new Deckplate👍🏻

[@iTheRealBigbosceoProductions]

I'm doing mi ne today, dammit! hat finished product is SICK!!!!!!!

[@samiam7342]

you should buy techniques, polish them, then sell them for a fat profit online............they will sell.

[@nicklloyd9291]

Fantastic finish.. I can see only one downside. With no protective sealing you will be forever polishing them to maintain the finish as the aluminium oxidises.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

It hasn't been too bad so far. They stay in the flight cases most of the time. I polish them every so often with aluminum polish and a microfiber cloth. I'm considering eventually taking them back apart and putting a clear coat on them. Well see 🤷‍♂️

[@nicklloyd9291]

@@antoniocardenas9396 They look stunning. I wish you the best of luck whatever happens. 😊

[@kelzagoodman]

Good idea I have some old-school 1600s that I might do this with. Also I have to say that it looks cool without the decals and the graphics and the lettering just plain so awesome and so great

[@helthuismartin]

Better buy a very good looking second hand MK2 under a 1000 Box.

[@digdizcomment3071]

Sandblasting would be much quicker

[@dab9742]

Yes, it's very nice, but how long will it last, especially when you put your hands on it, as you do with this turntable model ?

[@tomhill4003]

this looks like the absolute worst way to do this.... DON'T DO IT!

[@TheBudgie29]

You can get all the Screen prints as Stickers, Like the ones You put Into water and then Slide gently on Models. That would have been the only thing stopping Me from doing something like this. Nice job, they do look Awesome.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I'm getting ready to do a video on using a dry rub type of lettering. It looks very authentic.

[@bfremming]

I love this, and perhaps it looks good without, but following the polish there are of course no decals/labels on the different controls. Curious if you've used any aftermarket labels.

[@DrGeta666]

any labels that don't just look like a sticker stuck on require a top coat of paint. they are rub on labels that look amazing but they come off with the slightest scratch, they are designed to be put on after painting and polishing but before the clear coat on top. wouldn't work for the mirror finish. they have some stick on metal badges that look good but it is a different look.

[@joeyglasses7626]

Get Down Bro,they look kickass!! #Technics1200

[@LioSintra]

Looks amazing. Thank you for sharing

[@pierrenorman421]

looks nice, but blue LEDs are the worst.

[@juliannemicallef3059]

Good job, but I think that you have to coat the aluminium with two coats of lacquer, otherwise the aluminium oxidises and the lustre justs fades away.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I agree and considered it. I just polish them with aluminum polish every so often and haven't had any issues with oxidation.

[@andres.giacomini]

The oxidation reaction in aluminum is high-speed and occurs as the aluminum comes into contact with oxygen in the air, completing the transparent oxide layer in seconds. So, the ideal is to say "Aluminum is always covered in rust". The oxidation reaction in aluminum is high-speed and occurs as the aluminum comes into contact with oxygen in the air, completing the transparent oxide layer in seconds. So, the ideal is to say "Aluminum is always covered in rust"

[@lukedorny]

While it does “rust” technically, the higher the polish the fewer pits to allow the oxidation. Go high polish and like he said, use cream on it once in a while.

[@amiya19277]

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[@teamloony]

These are very slick! How long did the process take to complete?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

About 4 or 5 hours each deck. I did it over a few days.

[@rumerxs]

I was kind of skeptical about watching this video and thinking what is this guy doing to his turntable..lol. On the reals it turned out pretty dope!! Good job man.Are you replacing the pitch etc decals??

[@Depthto]

nice job, still an amazing turntable.

[@kirillstarikov]

beautiful work but i like black

[@SaucyBegger25]

The only problem with polishing aluminium is it oxidises very fast. Fingerprints turn it black. Over a few days it goes dull and every mark shows up. Unless you clear coat the thing your going to constantly be cleaning them up

[@DjDestinyChicago]

Damn that turned out nice 👍

[@jamespeters2859]

Looks the utter tits!!! Love buffing aluminium, never occurred to me our beloved dex plinth’s were aluminium. I’ve an unloved 1200 plinth that’s currently the lid for my compost bucket sitting outside the back door. ...Soon won’t be. 👊🏼🇬🇧

[@TheLiamMurphy]

09:36 Nice!

[@morenotheman]

how can I get u to do this to mine

[@mdrheedhuan]

Is that all SL1200 faceplate is alluminium like this?

[@stewartluscott-evans2216]

Excellent.

[@botz77]

As cool as it looks I would not want to remove all the original manufacture's decals from my tables. I just couldn't do it.

[@billbangz]

Tedious process but the results are definitely more than worth it. Chrome 1200's 👍🏿

[@gdwlaw5549]

excellent and I'm now looking for a very bad condition unit :-=

[@mmmbbq]

I wonder how that aircraft paint remover would work on the tonearm base. Some meatball painted all on the tonearm base and the counterweight and the cuing lever. I used acetone on the weight, but I didn't like it.

[@MultiCampBoss]

Oh yeah, yeah...looks fantastic. Thanks for the video.

[@thedude6478]

Dope

[@aigoprovata]

Hi thanks for the video, great work. What is the purpose of using all those sandpapers the one after the other? Thanks

[@paulroe2541]

well done it looks mint, infact im doing the same to mine now, ive got bad paint work so be rude not too. quick question tho, have you tried putting the decals back on after its been polished.

[@peterjon2758]

Hey man, any good ideas on cleaning a really dirty, gross tonearm? The tonearm base is crusted with dust and dirt. Should I take the tonearm off to clean it?

[@jade4805]

WOW, that’s a lot of work with impressive results, well done.👊🏾 Much patience required, how long did It take to complete.

[@pedropadilla1355]

Very cool I found the same turn table in the streets of Brooklyn would love to do that God bless

[@jamm0tube]

Was this done to a standard 1200 plinth? Just bought some that look green they so dirty

[@guymitchell7612]

youre getting me to want to do this to my 1200 mk5 , looks like a million box bravo man!!!

[@gabrysalerno6059]

Wonderful color ✌👌👍🏻😉😉😉

[@roxoriginal732]

They look sick bro . I’m gonna do mine . The blue leds set it off . Well done 👏 top draw

[@12InchClubCollection]

wow great job

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Thank you!

[@dubdoodle7191]

Raw polished aluminum is very sensitive to abrasions & scratches. I'd get it chromed like a shiny bumper for only $75.

[@HyperVectra]

maybe even lower the feet and some 23" rims?

[@TheSleepArtist]

Wow!! Beautiful!! Fine work

[@DJROCKCEEENTERTAINMENT]

great video !!!!

[@MrzodiacBE]

Awesome

[@joeblack9289]

EXCELENTE TRABAJO. TE FELICITO.

[@superstardjsyko]

I'm assuming you have to remove the paint if you plan on metal plating the turntable, correct?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Yes, all paint needs to be removed. Thanks for watching.

[@davidlees4322]

Stunning work now can I by this of you

[@bkatbamna]

awesome! looks great

[@its_me_dave]

props, looks great bro 👍

[@roythunderplump]

Hard work and dedication to make it look like that.💯👑🎚 Panasonic missed the boat with the Technics 1200MK7. New and old generations would have paid for the updated same design over engineered, yet correcting some more of the niggles of old like adding easy change pop up light. Selling without breakable dust covers, limited Apple type colour scheme finishes. Then you could argue it is worth $999 and beyond.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Agree with you.

[@wowerman]

Nice work my man.

[@annespellberg7173]

It's shiny! Love it!

[@djbryson]

Looks dope man. It's like a de-badged car. Nice needles. Wish they still made them

[@mrglasses8953]

They do

[@m4r1ld0]

Very good job

[@DjGlyden2024]

Awesome finish

[@Dirt_Reynolds17]

definitely buying a second sl1200 just to do this. Yours turned out great man! Made me think to maybe powder coat one.

[@Dirtdevil1]

I just powder coated mine piano black. It is freaking awesome.

[@luisrodriguez8639]

NIce Job

[@fnk101]

Wow wicked looks fantastic

[@bartscheren3299]

Wow verry nice, gonna do mine as well. I have painted them in new gray with the blue LEDs. These are awesome. Great work.

[@jcpineda9441]

Where’d you get the leds from

[@Zhaoimex]

Nice work bro! I wonder if after removing the paint you could actually paint it again with those small spray paint? Do you need to sand it all before paiting ? I will do the serigraphy using laser, it’s cheaper and keeps the original letter and marks of the surface.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

You can definitely paint them again. There's other videos on how to paint or powder coat them. For paint you don't have to go all the way down to the metal, just get them smooth.

[@jonathanwong880]

Superb！ What an inspiration!

[@audioeeze8396]

Well done sir!!

[@outsidemayor2098]

Dude 🔥

[@hydorah]

I'm doing this to a set of 1200s right now - and making vids! Yours look ace, however I want to go full on mirror finish, so I'm redoing mine to get rid of all the teeny imperfections, gonna leave the edges satin on mine, but get the top 100% mirror. I'm also replacing the lettering then doing a clear coat to protect it all! I'll then post my vid! Oh I'm Doing blue LEDs too! Might go with black pitch trims though so it doesn't look like I copied you! I actually already started then found your vid. I did mine by hand but when I redo them I'll use a buffing machine

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Sounds like yours are going to look bad a$$, good luck keep us posted. I'd love to see your video.

[@MrFergalobrien]

I’d like to no the process after taking apart and stripping it, what sandpaper do I start Whit and the different ones after that ? Thanks I’m just eating on my new led’s to arrive to start 💪💪💪👌👌👌 I hope my one come close to yours

[@hydorah]

@@MrFergalobrien I used a similar process to Antonio really, chemical paint stripper, then 240 grit sandpaper, then 400 grit sand paper then 800 grit then 1500, all sanding done using a cork block and soaking the sanding paper with WD-40 to prevent clogging up... then polish, it was pretty good, but I'm going to go back down to 1000 grit on a polishing attachment on a drill as I'm after total mirror shine should be completing mine this weekend. It should be note that EU law means that paint strippers are a lot more rubbish for us as they have mandated lower level of the active ingredient. I had to help my paint strip along with wire wool and scrubbing at it. It's hard work no two ways about it

[@MrFergalobrien]

Sound I’d like to get the a good mirror effect as well I hope you put up a vid of them 👌👌👌

[@antoniocardenas9396]

@@MrFergalobrien hydorah is right, you start with coarse sandpaper to try and get the paint all off. Once you are down to bare metal you gradually move to more fine sandpaper. I ended it with 3000 or 5000 if you can find it. Then used aluminum polish I mixed with them recently and they still look great all I had to do was wipe the dust off. Good luck

[@rsanchez7111]

Nice Well done. Can you make an update vid on how they look after a year and you mentioned doing the decals as well thx for sharing

[@pjmccracken]

You would need to finish with a few coats of clear lacquer to maintain that finish, otherwise the metal will oxidize and will look crap if he doesn't polish it every few weeks, the lacquer will "seal" the metal and stop corrosion and/or oxidization.

[@brendancag]

@@pjmccracken was wondering about that myself…

[@BlvdTelevision]

Would you consider doing them for someone? And if so how much would you charge?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I wish I had time, I've been really busy lately.

[@rsanchez7111]

Antonio Cardenas that means. It’ll take a whole lot of rime. Lol. Very nice.

[@oursongs7554]

well done !!

[@OficinaSRMK-2]

Muito bom, parabéns!

[@mikeriverajr4447]

WOW!!!!! I ;mm in the process of redoing my technic and had a bright idead. . . I should polish them. . . however it seems you are the only on the entire interent who has came up with this idea. . .lol Just a question? Do you know how long a polished finish will last? can you clear coat it to make it last longer?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I keep mine in travel cases, and remove the dust after each use. It's been over a year and they still look great. It's no different than keeping aluminum wheels polished. You can definitely clear coat them,. I also have some rub on decals that I'm going to upload another video on how to apply. Thank for watching!

[@rsanchez7111]

Good question.

[@tripn4days]

So I inherited some nasty corroded 1200's and think I might want to try this, but all the aluminum parts on the tone arm base are kinda gross and pitted and whatnot... Yours look pretty nice! Any tips/tricks for cleaning those up as well? Thought about taking apart the tonearm assembly, but that would only be a very last resort Thanks for tips or advice and thank you for making this video!

[@antoniocardenas9396]

It's a bit tedious, but you can definitely take the tone arm apart. I did it on one of mine. There's a couple of videos on how to do it.

[@antoniomarinvalderrama551]

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[@gainstage4497]

Sick!

[@aloneinfiction4101]

I’m scared to do this do it for me?

[@lukeursic]

Dont be! Just follow the tutorial and really dont forget to do all the sides on all the sanding steps. And dont sand the edges before you come to grid around 300 (280). And use waterproof sanding paper.

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

Looks great, but I don't think I have the heart to do it too mine, I'll just get plate covers.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I considered jus getting plates, but wanted to tune them up change the LEDs and fix a couple of other issues. The paint was really bad so I said what the heck.

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

@@antoniocardenas9396 they look fantastic 👏, 🍻

[@jimbojet8728]

Well done, it looks good and I enjoyed your vid. Thank you

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Thank you for watching.

[@dwirf.trollan]

do you have any recommendation for polishing the small dots on the platter?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

There are already videos on cleaning the platter. Here's one kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaHPc3droMyimLM Just be extremely careful with the magnets under it. Good luck.

[@lukeursic]

you need to sand them, cos most of the time, they are corroded and you can not polish them. And to make them better visible under red LED, they need to have horizontal visible scratches. And dont forget to regularly degrease them to stop corrosion manifesto

[@jeffreysdeejay3807]

Awesome man, very nice work and video

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@gypsism]

Hats off to you!

[@QoraxAudio]

How long does it take to attract fingerprints?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

They get finger prints fairly easily. They wipe off easily too though.

[@lukeursic]

@@antoniocardenas9396 there is one neat product called Renaissance Wax ;)

[@fuzdnb8943]

Now do a 1210

[@antoniocardenas9396]

1210s? I would love to if I had a pair. Do you have an extra set. 😁

[@alexsanchez3635]

Do u do work ?

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I'm considering it. Just need to find the time. Got a lot going on.

[@Wheel333]

Thanks it looks awesome. What level of sanding and polishing would you need to go for priming and powder coating.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

I was originally going to prime and paint, I think all you have to do for that is get them smooth and even. It's not necessary to go through all the real fine sandpaper. There's a couple of videos on you tube that show how to do that. Good luck.

[@Wheel333]

Antonio Cardenas thanks I will check em out.

[@lukeursic]

@@Wheel333 I would suggest scotch brite (discs, pads etc.) first go with 80/ 120, then straight to 280. These numbers can vary +/- 20 depending on a provider, but you are good to go anyways. And use discs on angle grinder or drill if you know what you are doing, otherwise use your hands to avoid major mistakes

[@kingajblendx]

Looks Great. I wanted to do this for my crown amps. Just don’t have the time. If you have the time I could send you the parts. Don’t worry about $. 😎

[@antoniocardenas9396]

Are they aluminum parts? If so we can work something out.

[@kingajblendx]

@@antoniocardenas9396 has

[@kingajblendx]

Just tell me what I need to do.

[@antoniocardenas9396]

@@kingajblendx Is this a private message?

[@djkingaj9875]

@@antoniocardenas9396 Yes

[@MechnoSferatu]

Going from a 5000 grit sandpaper to a 0000 steel wool seems like a step in the wrong direction. 0000 is roughly a 400 grit, but has a very different sanding pattern. I am certainly not arguing with your results, but if you inserted the 0000 earlier in the process, you might have saved a little time. Thank you for your video, I think I'll do this to mine.

[@andres.giacomini]

Exactly, it fit very well, but after the 5000 sandpaper I could either a 7000 sandpaper or directly sponge it with Detalling polishing paste with a rotary-orbital machine, so I did it and there was no scratch left. Good job anyway

[@naughtyher3978]

Very cool. Lot's of work but beautiful in the end.