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DuraTex-ing my cab tomorrow!

#21
I think I'm done! After doing my base coat with a giant sponge and touching up the holes with a sponge brush, I did a few layers with a regular 3/8" nap paint roller and I'm really happy with how it turned out. The texture is very tolex-like and it looks like it's gonna be very protective. Pearson wasn't kidding... I want to DuraTex everything now. Walls, cars, people. This stuff is awesome!
 
#24
watchitmike said:
I think I'm done! After doing my base coat with a giant sponge and touching up the holes with a sponge brush, I did a few layers with a regular 3/8" nap paint roller and I'm really happy with how it turned out. The texture is very tolex-like and it looks like it's gonna be very protective. Pearson wasn't kidding... I want to DuraTex everything now. Walls, cars, people. This stuff is awesome!
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Nice! Pics please!

What color did you choose?
 
#26
JoeVictim: When I built my BFD Omni15, I used satin latex paint as a base coat. This provides full coverage, so even if you can't get the Duratex roller into the horn areas, you won't see any bare wood. I applied two coats of Duratex after the latex base was fully dry.

Plus, the latex paint is cheaper than using Duratex for the base.

PS: Bill Fitzmaurice recommends 40-60 grit sanding prior to applying the base coat. Then use a painter's tack-cloth to remove all the sanding dust.
 
#31
Sorry for not making good on my initial promise. Here we go...

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So far I'm very happy. It has a few tour bruises already but the DuraTex holds up so much better than the tolex did. The only negative is a few extra pounds added to an already heavy cab.
 
#33
Wow, that looks pretty darn good. I am actually still getting ready to do mine, still working out the details. Anyone have a tip on how I would do the baffle black but the sides a green colored duratex? I am going to do speaker cloth on the front of my Omni 15 so people don't think I am too alien when I show up with it, and I don't want the green poking through.
 
#34
JoeVictim said:
Wow, that looks pretty darn good. I am actually still getting ready to do mine, still working out the details. Anyone have a tip on how I would do the baffle black but the sides a green colored duratex? I am going to do speaker cloth on the front of my Omni 15 so people don't think I am too alien when I show up with it, and I don't want the green poking through.
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You can just mask with painters tape and do the colors separately. I did my baffles on my 15/6 and 15/sub black and the rest of my cab dark red. Worked perfectly if you tape carefully.
 
#38
[FONT=&quot]What I did on my cab was the edge grill-standoff area was also all black, but the wrap around to where it meets was Duratex red. Thus the red ‘wrapped around the edge and up to the surface parallel to the grill (hard to explain in words). Once I had the black done (with the parts that would be red masked off), I peeled the tape, retaped to protect the black. Next I brushed on Duratex on the inside of the ‘wrap-around’ closest to where the grill would mount. That area is partially covered once the grill is on anyway, so it’s not really noticeable that it’s not textured. When I Duratexed the outside of the box, I texture-rolled the front edges as well, so the radiused curve of the front edge also has the proper texture. Around my ports I taped and did similar.[/FONT]
 
#40
JoeVictim said:
Thank you. This is just what I needed to know. How was it painting the edge of the cabs? Were you able to roll that or did you brush it? I'm talking about right where the baffle recesses, that 1/2" to 3/4" overhang.
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Using brushed/rolled satin black latex ensured that all those inside-corner spaces were covered. I didn't care if they didn't get a perfect coverage of Duratex.
 

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