First restoring work: quick clean and repaint the grill on National Panasonic RS4360

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koleloi

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Hi guys, just did some clean then repaint the speaker' grills on my 4360 last night. That's the first time I done anything like that and it's very time-consuming. Only finished by around 4.a.m this morning :lol: It was alot of work and I'm a bit tired so forgot to take a fair amount of photos though. Please enjoy some pics that I took in and out the progress. Cheer.

Before cleaning, the grills were very rusty:

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Strange looking Speaker with concave "belt" and ugly "cone". It's very solid and I observe it moves very little at high volume. Don't know why, it's still producing good bass I believe

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It's quite difficult to get the speakers off the box, because some of the screws is not easy to access.

Removing the grills is even more difficult. I was very concentrated to make sure I don't break any of those heavily rusty hooks that keep the grills attached to the front frame, and forgot to took a picture of the grills :clap:
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After clearing off the rust with sand paper, I use this to spray the grills:

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I spayed at distant of 30 cm for 3 times, each after 15 minutes. Then let them dried for about one hour before getting them back all together.

And this is the final work:

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Now I'm very happy with its cosmetic :yes: It's gonna to be my favorite box for years to come, I promised :-) :thumbsup:

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Thanks very much for reading!
 

koleloi

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Thank for your replies guys. Now I'm going to replace the belt on that box. Anyone has one or know the size of its belts please let me know. Thank alot!
 
BoomboxLover48 said:
Beautiful box! One of the best sounding boxes. Not for the new generation who wants BIG bass from them.
Hey, some of us old farts like BIG bass! :-)
I'd love to get my hands on one of these awesome Nationals, beyond my meagre budget unfortunately.

Well done on the grill repaint. I've got to the grills on my National RX-5150 now.

James.... :-)
 

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jimmyjimmy19702010 said:
Hey, some of us old farts like BIG bass! :-)
I'd love to get my hands on one of these awesome Nationals, beyond my meagre budget unfortunately.

Well done on the grill repaint. I've got to the grills on my National RX-5150 now.

James.... :-)
The toughest part of this model is the price tag :sad:

BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, maybe there is one of those "accidental allocations" in your future!
 

koleloi

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BoomboxLover48 said:
Beautiful box! One of the best sounding boxes. Not for the new generation who wants BIG bass from them.
The bass is tight but not as BIG as other boxes I guess, because I see the speakers move very little.
 
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