Hi Folks,
A friend has purchased the Parts Express TriTrix MTM TL Tower Speaker Kit and will be putting it together shortly. Initially the plan was to veneer the speaker box, but some difficult geometry at the mouth of the rear speaker vent may make that a little difficult for us as we are new to veneering. So painting the speaker box is also being considered now.
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TriTrix-Rear-Port.jpg
Above shows the rear port. The issue is with veneering into the port, along the edges and the triangular shape that comes to a point at the top. Pre veneering the pieces will create assembly problems as the wood is laser cut and fits tightly together. The thickness of the veneer would prevent those pieces from fitting.
So unless someone can share some veneer ideas, painting may be the most practical finishing option for this speaker kit.
Regarding paint finishing the MDF, it seems like the first step is to seal the MDF and it sounds like that should be done with shellac or a shellac based paint/primer.
This is the product being considered is Zinsser Bin primer
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catal ... ase-primeror regular Shellac.
Please provide and tricks or tips you have to share.
I'll upload some photos of the kits contents and provide some general comments about the kit soon. In general, it looks like a real good value and the speaker kit looks like it can be put together with limited tools and just a couple of clamps.