Beovox S75 Rescue

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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:11 GMT
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Hi everyone,

I recently bought a pair of beovox S75 speakers to replace my current speakers. They were in awfull shape though... 🙁
A previous owner painted them white(!) and the guy who I bought them from did a small try to remove the paint with a heat gun. It seemed to work OK for the veneer, but It seems that the back of the speakers started to melt a bit.

I've been busy with them to this point, removing all the paint. I used a chemical stripper that (free translated) said to be hard on paint but soft for wood. That sounded like something I could use!!

Altough most of the paint came off quite easy, There is still some paint left in the deeper woodgrains. Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove this safely?

I've read about Rich his superb job on rescueing some M70 speakers
(/forum/imported-unmapped/beovox-m70-rescue-amp-adoption)
where it shows that thorough sanding can lead to sanding all the veneer away. Ofcourse I don't want that...

Any good ideas?

René

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sonavor (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:23 GMT
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Along with Rich, member Søren Mexico has done a lot of nice repairs of Bang & Olufsen woodwork veneers. Search on the workbench forum for postings by Søren Mexico to check out some of his projects. I have done a few rescues as well. Using the chemical stripper is a good start in your case. Now you will have to get into some careful sanding. If you stick with some finer grit sanding material you can avoid taking off too much veneer as you get the remaining paint off. However, some paint may be soaked to far into the wood grain.

Can you post some pictures of the speakers as you have them now?

-sonavor

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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:32 GMT
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I'm trying to upload the pictures, but it without succes...

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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:38 GMT
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The mighty Beovox S75!

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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:39 GMT
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Painted white........

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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:41 GMT
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The guy I bought them from made a (very) small start...

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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:43 GMT
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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:45 GMT
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Packed to protect the drivers. One side without paint!

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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:48 GMT
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Works nice, but smells bad!! That chemical paint remover.

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RunieNL (archived2)
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Posted December 10, 2015 at 16:50 GMT
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One ready for sanding (?) the other still has the paint on....

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