Hi,

I just purchased a delightful pair of used ProAc 125's in Cherry wood,
everything is in exceptional condition except for when I take the grill's
off there is fading around where the grill's sit. I know the ProAc's are
real wood veneered only so does anybody know of a product that will bring
the fading back to life.

A picture of the problem can be viewed here
http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/fa/65/a1_3.JPG

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Mark.

Mark & Mel wrote:
Hi,

I just purchased a delightful pair of used ProAc 125's in Cherry
wood,
everything is in exceptional condition except for when I take the
grill's
off there is fading around where the grill's sit. I know the ProAc's
are
real wood veneered only so does anybody know of a product that will
bring
the fading back to life.

A picture of the problem can be viewed here
http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/fa/65/a1_3.JPG

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Mark.

I don't have a solution to this problem, but I'll just mention that I
have noticed that alot of Proac's have this issue. Perhaps it has
something to do with the wood, stain, or finish type that Proac uses
that interacts adversely with certain evironmental conditions and the
places where it is in contact with the grill is protected from the
humidity or whatever. In the cases I've seen, the owner didn't seem to
mind, but it would bother me a little. Because of this and the fact
that i didn't really like their grills as much, I decided to get some
Spendor 2ways instead.

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Mark & Mel wrote:
Hi,

I just purchased a delightful pair of used ProAc 125's in Cherry
wood,
everything is in exceptional condition except for when I take the
grill's
off there is fading around where the grill's sit. I know the ProAc's
are
real wood veneered only so does anybody know of a product that will
bring
the fading back to life.

A picture of the problem can be viewed here
http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/fa/65/a1_3.JPG

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Mark.

I don't have a solution to this problem, but I'll just mention that I
have noticed that alot of Proac's have this issue. Perhaps it has
something to do with the wood, stain, or finish type that Proac uses
that interacts adversely with certain evironmental conditions and the
places where it is in contact with the grill is protected from the
humidity or whatever. In the cases I've seen, the owner didn't seem to
mind, but it would bother me a little. Because of this and the fact
that i didn't really like their grills as much, I decided to get some
Spendor 2ways instead.


That is a really really odd fading pattern, I usually expect the areas not
covered to bleach, not get darker, unless the area covered got bleached for
some reason. Do know which finish is closer to the original, the light or
dark?

A good woodworker/finisher might be able to restain them or something, we
have such a guy in our local audio club, but I haven't had reason to use his
services as yet.

Judging by the picture, it looks like the grills were left on most of
the time and they kept the dirt off the area that is lighter than the
rest of the cabinet.

I would try cleaning the front baffle with some sort of wood cleaner,
such as orange glow.

If it really bothers you and you feel brave, you could remove the
drivers, mask off everything but the front baffle, and strp the finish,
then restain. Even if it's not a perfect match to the rest of the
cabinet it will at least be even on the front.

A word of caution, use the stripper and then sand with very fine
sandpaper, in order to not strip the veneer. If you are as careful
with them as they deserve, I doubt yu'll have any problem.

Try the cleaner first.

"severian" wrote

That is a really really odd fading pattern, I usually expect the areas not
covered to bleach, not get darker, unless the area covered got bleached
for
some reason. Do know which finish is closer to the original, the light or
dark?

That is the nature of cherry. It darkens with age. Not much you can
do short of sanding off some of the wood.

Are you Tom or Steve?

tom at netsurfshop dot com