Paint

Now that the speakers had arrived in their new home we could begin the long process of sanding and painting all the cabinets. Firstly we had to sand each box down so that each box was smooth enough to paint. This also meant that we had to use more car filler on each box where the screws and joins were and then sand the sections that had been filled.
Car filler comes in a metal tin which has to be mixed with a hardening gel and then spread onto the area in which you want to use it. As explained previously this has to be done quite quickly as it dries rather fast. The other issue that we found whilst using car filler is that area in which you are using it must be ventilated the product is very potent and leaves you feeling light headed so extreme caution must be used. Luckily as we were working in a garage we could open the doors and also work outside.

The sanding and filling of each speaker alone took us nearly a week of quite intense work. While Rick was at his job during the day i would work on the speakers and while i was at work in the evening he work on the speakers. All in all hard graft for at least 6-8 hours a day each.

The same process was taken while painting the speakers. We used a grey primer from a builders merchants to paint each speaker. It gave us a matt grainy finish which we were looking for. Each speaker took two to three layers to coat which again took us another week of hard work.

The cabinets painted up and awaiting the drivers.