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Taking care of lacquer wood finishes

I have a pair of speakers with a high gloss lacquer wood finish. They look like they are in mint condition, until I shine a flashlight directly on it. Then you can see all the imperfections, little scratches, and swirl marks. I wiped a little area while shining the flashlight on it to see if a microfiber cloth would mark the wood, and it did. Is this normal? Are all high gloss lacquer wood finishes this easy to scratch? Do any of you do anything about it, or just leave it alone? I know on high gloss paint finishes you can use automotive supplies, but again this is a high gloss lacquer wood finish.
souljasmooth
souljasmooth OP
130 posts
 
Peter, that is part of my original question. Are other people with high gloss lacquer finish speakers doing anything, or just leavin it alone? If its normal, I'm not too worried about it, but if its an easy fix, then why not make them perfect. These lacquered finishes are becoming more popular. I actually prefer natural finishes with a semi gloss finish. Much easier to maintain. Any sonus faber users out there that care to respond? I use to own guarneri homages but never checked with the flashlight. Dynaudio is even using these finishes in their new confidence speakers
xti16
1,525 posts
 
I use Meguires Next Tech 2 wax on my Dyn C1 signatures. Liquid Ice from Turtle wax was also recommended. Leaves no swirl marks.
goose
670 posts
 
Souljasmooth - If you go with a more traditional furniture polish, my Avalon speakers included a bottle of Woodleys fine furniture polish. It doesn't contain any silicones or waxes. I figure if it came with the Avalon's it must be OK.
jebsmith73
167 posts
 
Make sure you remove all dust and dirt off your speakers first, before you use any kind of wax. I built a custom car for this guy, he spent more time cleaning it than driving it. Any little bit of dust on his ( 120 K ) toy drove him crazy. Ended up selling it, took a ( 60 K ) loss on it.

Life is way too short for trying to find swirl marks in anything.
hevac1
812 posts
 
I use only eyeglass or camera lens cleaning cloths, I did use baby diapers at one time. Use differant cloths for cleaning and polishing. I use 2 clothes for cleaning and 1 for polishing. I use the cleaner for flat screen TV's not windex. I totally wet the area down then take the first cloth and wipe only in one direction to get most of the cleaner off. I then take the second cloth and wipe only in the opposite direction. Never scrub the surface. If still dirty repeat. Only wipe down your speakers with a liquid on them even just water as dust has 8 cutting edges I heard. I then spray on an item called Plexus used for plexiglass and polish them as lightly as possible. You must polish immediately after cleaning each spreaker. Plexus will also fill small swirl scratches and protect them from happening.
I also ask people that come over to my house to please not touch the speakers as finger prints are worse than dust to get off.
IMHO.
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