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RE: How to remove solid wood trim from a cabinet ?

Posted by Presto (A) on December 14, 2016 at 19:40:44

In Reply to: How to remove solid wood trim from a cabinet ? posted by rogerh113 on December 11, 2016 at 16:32:05:

Sounds like heartache waiting to happen to me... unless this solid wood trim is 1/8" or 1/4" thick. If it's veneer, I seriously would not bother.

I would resize by laminating MDF panels onto the speaker as needed. To glue MDF to wood you could use contact cement or just wood glue.

Then you can seal the MDF with a 50/50 wood/water glue mixture and prime/paint or put new veneer on.

Or you could use 1/4" plywood with veneer on it and glue THAT to the existing speaker. I've refinished a lot of speakers... trust me... you're better off forgoing the original finish and starting anew. It seems like a waste, but one thing I learned about DIY is the only thing I waste more of than money is time. ;)

Post a picture of the speaker, it might result in more accurate advice.

I've painted speakers, put on veneer, used veneered plywoods, used laminates... re-painted, re-laminated with MDF layers, rebuilt speaker interiors...

I've turned stuff ready for the garbage bin into strong good looking low-resonance enclosures.

The best thing about a cheap speaker with nice squared-off sides is that you don't need to be a cabinet maker or carpenter to augment the existing shape. It's pretty hard to mess up. If you put over-sized panels on and use a router to trim the excess... you can really end up with a perfect looking end product.

Enough out of me.

Good luck.

-Presto

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