Tolex removing and staining of an amp & cab

[imJonWain]

I did a head similar to this.... After I peeled the tolex off by hand I used an electric sander to get all the glue/goop off. Even with my belt sander it took several hours to get it all off and clean enough to stain. I'll post a photo of it later, I used cheapo ACE brand walnut stain on the pine and I think it came out good (not in a traditional stained woodwork sense).

[imJonWain]

I say go for it!

This was just cheap pine board shell I made with several coats of dark walnut stain, I rubbed in/wiped the first one and sanded after, the additional ones were light brush ons and not rubbed in or sanded, I did do a little fine steel wool after the last coat.


excuse the bad cellphone photo....

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[Iommic Pope]

That is very slick dude.

[kosta]

Real real nice.

[JonnyAngle]

Walnut is hot

[waltdogg]

Walnut for life!

[ChannelingHemingway]

That looks awesome. I used to have an apartment in a fabric mill turned loft building, and that reminds me of some parts of the floor. I promise that is 100% a compliment.

[MarkCult]

Sweet looking project dude... I have 2 old Peavey Solid state heads (one Standard from the 70's and one bass from the 80's), a 2 x 12 Peavey bass cab which is carpeted and a 1 x 15 custom built cab that is just painted black. They all look like shit and I would love to stain them and make them look a bit more uniformed... Lets just say this whole rig cost me £50 so doesnt matter too bad about the damage...

[Glace_Noire]

Four years after my original post, moving from a flat to a house, I finally stepped in

Before:


After total makeover:

[Achtane]

Looks great man, you did well!

[Glace_Noire]

Thank you @Achtane!
Worth every sweat drop: super stoked with the final result!

[Achtane]

Were there any unexpected complications during the process? Or do you have any super secret tips for this kind of thing? It's always nice to know the little tricks...

[imJonWain]

That looks awesome. I forgot Framus still made stuff in Europe.

[Glace_Noire]

@achtane : there wasn’t much complications, just had a hard time with the tolex removing (as expected..), i also used the wrong tint product that lead me to re-sand it from scratch...
Not really a trick, but I found a way to get thru this nasty tolex glue without wasting a lot of sandpaper: after removing the tolex with the help of a blowdryer, just made one run with the orbital sand (80, big grain), lightly, just to made the glue a little more solid with the ad of wood dust somehow. And with the green part of a sponge (scotch brite?..) a little wet, get this nasty glue away
That’s a lot of efforts but the result is really cool
@imJonWain: Idk if they are still producing gear these day. I bought this cab to a friend which had it maybe from 2007 or 2008. Thank you for the kind words