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Re: How to polish a pair of bl8000?

Doman — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:33:05 GMT

Ok, thanks for your advices! Fortunatelly there is no big issues. Good that I asked somebody before I started to experiment :)

Re: How to polish a pair of bl8000?

9 LEE — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:53:12 GMT

Agreed. You are wasting your time trying to polish them, they will look awful if you try with any kind of abrasive or strong solvent.

If you have a really bad mark on them, i'd suggest re-casing by your local B&O engineer/dealer. Otherwise - leave well alone.

Sorry if this isn't what you want to hear, but theres nothing worse than having the best intentions and ruining your B&O. On his first day, Matt (LifeStyle AV) cleaned a mark off the front of a Beolab 2000 with thinners!! Of course, it melted the grey plastic, but thankfully i laughed and counted it as a valuable lesson in being very careful with B&O.

He has since gone on to be a star employee by the way.

Lee

Re: How to polish a pair of bl8000?

Tom — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:59:36 GMT

I would not touch my BL8000 with anything than a dry cloth. No chemicals, you "do them more bad than good". Leave them as they are and listen to them instead of watching at them (although they really a beautiful)

Re: How to polish a pair of bl8000?

joeyboygolf — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:51:33 GMT

I would leave well alone and stop looking at the back of them!!

The problem with polishing is that you will destroy the anodised finish over a large area and it will never match the rest of the cabinet. So, instead of a small mark you will end up with a big one.

How to polish a pair of bl8000?

Doman — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:26:26 GMT

Hi there!

It´s time to polish my pair of bl8000. I got some small marks at them, nothing deep, but quite noticable. How do I easiest get rid of them and get that sparkling finish at the same time? I read some threads in a garage-forum where they used rotary hammers and stuff, maybe a bit overkill for my precious. Autosol maybe?

Best regards

/Doman