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Re: Question on rosewood and restoration

Premiumverum — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:57:13 GMT

Hello all,

I finally had some time to go at it with sanding paper and the danish oil. It works very well, I managed to sand out some nasty deep scratches! Unfortunately I had to go pretty deep into the wood to get the scratches out, to a depth at which the reddish color of the wood was gone. I thought the danish oil would restore this color but it didn't, so now there are some ordinary brownish spots between the nice rosewood on my nicely oiled speakers!

Should I have used some kind of coloring agent? What can I do to restore the nice red color?

Re: Question on rosewood and restoration

stotty1111 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:43:35 GMT

you could try a medium heat clothes iron with aq damp pot towel over the scratch, the steam generated swells the wood fibres then very find sand and wax

Surface finish could be waxed danish oil!

tony

Re: Question on rosewood and restoration

Premiumverum — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:41:44 GMT

kallasr:
Maybe this time you can buy your reward first ;-)

That is pretty tempting Ralf!

Thanks for the replies, I'm going to give it a try with the danish oil and the 1000 grit.

I still wonder though, what is that shiny finish layer that is on the loudspeakers? Is that from the oil as it dries? Or wax of some kind?

Re: Question on rosewood and restoration

davefarr — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:57:42 GMT

You can sand at 1000 grit with the Danish oil. It will form a slurry which will fill any deep voids with matching wood and help disguise the faults. Sand with the grain - not against it. The oil will really bring out the colour and the figure of the wood.

Dave.

Re: Question on rosewood and restoration

kallasr — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:39:24 GMT

There is a nice chapter / some page in this book about wood restoration.

Maybe this time you can buy your reward first ;-) -

Ralf

Question on rosewood and restoration

Premiumverum — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:52:19 GMT

Hi all,

I read up on the subject here but still have a question remaining before I give it a try on my M100's.

From what I understand I should sand the veneer and then apply wood oil (Danish oil or beeswax).

My M100's have some very nasty scratches, fortunately none go through the veneer so I hope to fix them up.

The veneer seems to have a layer of laquer on it or something, that makes it shiny, a little bit reflective. What is this layer?

The scratches go through this layer, I guess I should sand this layer away and carefully sand the scratches out, then oil the wood?

Thanks in advance!