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JBL 4425 Restoration

They are finished. Well almost. As you can see from the photos they look dry. I used the 3M pad to apply the Watco and I either put it on inconsistently or did not put enough on. In the past I've used an old towel to apply oil/stain and if I reapply more Watco that's what I will use. So do I apply another coat of Watco? Or apply some lemon oil? Tung oil? If I apply another coat of Watco will that further darken the cabinets?

The grills cleaned up nicely but each has a very small hole on a bottom corner. The horns were in better condition than B's so I just cleaned them up. The one that was dropped had a couple of small scratches and touched it up with some Testors flat black model paint. Todd is right they are not black all the way through and appear to be painted the same color as the front and rear baffles.

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Now those are looking pretty nice! Sure, more Watco is a good thing, you can puddle it on and let it sit for a bit and then wipe the excess off.
 
I'll apply another coat of Watco before I move them into my sons room. But first I want to listen to them over the weekend while they are in my room. :D
 
WiredGuy and I discussed going to the 11/1 Davis fest and suggested it'd be neat if you brought your 4425s, assuming they'll let us play refurbished goods. ;)

I'll go sign up.... :yes:
 
B and I have discussed going and if you go we'll be there. Are you sure you don't want to bring alone one of your DIY projects like the Mini Me 4425's?
 
You got it. I have sent the organizer an email requesting the information on the event and a password for their forum.

The second coat of Watco looks better but I'm going to apply a coat of Tung oil and see what happens.
 
You got it. I have sent the organizer an email requesting the information on the event and a password for their forum.

The second coat of Watco looks better but I'm going to apply a coat of Tung oil and see what happens.

Tongue oil! :drool:
 
B, so you used 0000 steel wool first? So they are not painted but black all the way through? Would the Deft satin spray have worked? It came out very nice. :yes:

Seems like I saw a thread over on LHF where someone had some really nice ones. When Querried, they responded they painted them with some kind of stuff meant to paint auto bumpers with.

I need to do something with my 2344A horns, Its a NOS set still in the boxes.

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Does anyone have speaker stand recommendations for the 4425's? I'm either looking for new or something I can make. Here's a couple of photos of stands I'm thinking of. Is the first stand something JBL sold at one time?

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Yup, JBL!

Does anyone have speaker stand recommendations for the 4425's? I'm either looking for new or something I can make. Here's a couple of photos of stands I'm thinking of. Is the first stand something JBL sold at one time?

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There's thread on LH on how to restore them, how to modify them, how to clone them, you name it, it's there! :thmbsp:Original ones will have the JBL logo branded in IIRC...
 
There's thread on LH on how to restore them, how to modify them, how to clone them, you name it, it's there! :thmbsp:Original ones will have the JBL logo branded in IIRC...
Thanks. I'm a member on LH and will check there for dimensions on making the stands. If someone has a pair they want to sell I'm in the market for a pair.
 
I grabbed these photos from LH. I'm going to make a pair unless someone knows where I can buy a reproduction set.

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That would be them. That's a little pricey but I might just order a pair anyway. Thanks for the link Bart! Those should work fine with my 4425's right?
 
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