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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
xti16
1,525 posts
 
Hevac1 - I took this off Dynaudio's web site
The Confidence Signature models are offered in either dark-brown Mocca or dark-red Bordeaux finishes. Each begins with a Bird’s Eye Maple natural wood veneer, which is stained Mocca or Bordeaux and then finished with a clear Gloss Piano Lacquer. The Mocca and Bordeaux finishes first ennobled Dynaudio’s 30-year anniversary model, the Sapphire, and are now exclusive to the Confidence Signature models.
Per Wikipedia does it matter if it is solvent or water based? We have a an auto body shop in our auto group and they have switched to the water base recently. They only complain about color matching with certain colors otherwise they still recommending waxing it after curing.
hevac1
812 posts
 
Yes it does matter if it is solvent or water. I think it is the same for Lacquar as it is for regular paints, you can put waterbase over oilbase but not the other way around. So water over solvent should be okay.
IMHO.
hevac1
812 posts
 
The true Lacquer finish I am talking about has to do with solid color finishes. I consider a true solid color Lacquer finish as one that has the color pigment throughout. Lots can go wrong and is very expensive. Not one that the base is painted the required color then clear coated.
As in my previous reply Lacquers are not all the same.
xti16
1,525 posts
 
Well I must have a good lacquer because I got my speakers in 11-11 and have put 4 coats of wax on them with no problems as far as looks or swirls. Yes out of the 5 pairs of signatures that came to the USA in the first shipment I got 1 pair 4 days after they arrived at the distributor.

That being said If I don't have a quality Lacquer what should I expect?
souljasmooth OP
130 posts
 
How would you know if you have a quality lacquer? I use to own second generation Dynaudio special 25's, and I had the same problem with them. They look perfect, but when you shine direct light on them, you can see the small scratches and minor imperfections. I never checked my pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri's I had a few years ago.
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