Texture coat for speaker cabs

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Proformance

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Has anyone refurbished any cabinets using one of the variety of texture coat or bed-liner type finishes ?

I have a pair of Klipsh KSM-15 monitors that were originally a black finish, then got covered with gray carpet, and now I'm thing I'd like to do them over in a durable black coating. Some descriptions sound like they are kind or rubbery, but I'd like something hard and durable - more like bed liner.
 
I used Duratex once .. works great ...

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I used a spray can of Truck Bed liner on my old JBL's.
Each can was $8.00, and I used a can on each speaker.
 
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Duratex all the way! The finish the provided roller gives is great... but if you need something specific in your rolller for the finish im sure its out there.

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What does Duratex feel like? I've heard it's texture is like rubber ?
Does dust cling to it, scuff easily, etc. ?

I've seen and felt Jeeps ad other surfaces done with sprayed bed liner and it has a hard coat finish. Does that also hold true when applied to wood ?

I'd also prefer an eggshell like finish rather than flat - does Duratex appear as a flat black ?
 
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What does Duratex feel like? I've heard it's texture is like rubber ?
Does dust cling to it, scuff easily, etc. ?

I've seen and felt Jeeps ad other surfaces done with sprayed bed liner and it has a hard coat finish. Does that also hold true when applied to wood ?

I'd also prefer an eggshell like finish rather than flat - does Duratex appear as a flat black ?
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Duratex has a very slight sheen and a hard finish. It feels like a painted surface, but slightly textured. Mine didn't feel like rubber .. that would be bedliner.

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Proformance said:
What does Duratex feel like? I've heard it's texture is like rubber ?
Does dust cling to it, scuff easily, etc. ?

I've seen and felt Jeeps ad other surfaces done with sprayed bed liner and it has a hard coat finish. Does that also hold true when applied to wood ?

I'd also prefer an eggshell like finish rather than flat - does Duratex appear as a flat black ?
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If I'm not mistaken, the duratex is what a lot of speakers use from the factory. My I patched up a couple of my rcf subwoofers with this and you literally cannot tell the difference when side by side.
 
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I used a bubble roller for the second coat of Duratex then after an hour or so of drying I scraped the peaks and spikes off with a plastic scraper by pulling back evenly across them,
Turned out great with awesome "flaw" coverage ;) 1608061932862.png
 
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steve149 said:
Duratex has a very slight sheen and a hard finish. It feels like a painted surface, but slightly textured. Mine didn't feel like rubber .. that would be bedliner.
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My JBL TR125's came with a very textured surface.
So the bed-liner simply covered it, keeping the original feel.
The spray I bought was not "rubbery" at all.
 
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