So a few weeks back RedBenJoe was kind enough to post a link in the for sale section for a lovely lasonic. Here's the original link if some of you have bad memories. https://boomboxery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4502 My heart skipped a beat and a instantly smashed the buy it now button! Yippee!! This must be a somewhat rare box as I had only seen a few 922's in pictures and certainly had never seen one for sale. I guess you can say I have a soft spot for Lasonics.
So anyway, the seller had great communication and by the end of that day, it was in the hands of UPS on the way to my home! A few days later i received a big package! NICE! The seller did a great job packing it. Not only was it cocooned in bubble wrap and soft foam, but it was DOUBLE BOXED! WOW! I was pumped! Well... Pumped until I removed the last layer of bubble wrap.
"EEeeeeewwwwww" my 7 year old daughter shrieked! My 4 year old son sprinted over took one look at the 922 and looked up at me. "That looks like garbage daddy" he said in his cute little voice... Saddly, he was right. Wow. What a stinker. Literally. It smelled like... Lets just say if a tar pit had an asshole, this is what it would smell like. There was a nasty greasy film on it, like if the Winston man himself coughed it up.
Hmmmm... I thought to myself. I've seen worse. I've made worse look damn near brand new. That's when I put my foot down. No more screwing around, this baby needs help and STAT! So we brought the little stinker into my office and took the following photos:
Pictures can do no justice here. It's hard to see but every single crack on this thing was filled with a black grime.
There she is not too bad...
Oh wait, yeah that's gross.
Are those boogers in the buttons?
WHO THE HELL OWNED THIS THING ANYWAY!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNN!!!
The next step was to strip it down; like in an energency room when they simply slice the clothing off of a patient. No time to waste just get it done! There were more horrors inside. Despite the great packing job the bottom screw mounts had busted off. The UPS guys must have a drunken rugby match with it or something??? Anyway, no biggie epoxy will fix that, but oh! What's this?
Great... What the hell did they do to it!
Well, needless to say my carpet took a beating but it was nice to get it apart and under some water. It took ALOT of water and elbow grease but it was shocking how bright and shiny it was looking.
At this point I was feeling pretty damn good about things. So I dried her off and began the tedious process of carefully wielding a magic eraser (be careful with these kids) on the scuffs and Plastix polishing the shiny bits. By the way this Plastix stuff has given me FANTASTIC results on even the most grim looking chrome. It's unreal.
One half done...
SEE PART 2 BELOW NOW!!!!!!
So anyway, the seller had great communication and by the end of that day, it was in the hands of UPS on the way to my home! A few days later i received a big package! NICE! The seller did a great job packing it. Not only was it cocooned in bubble wrap and soft foam, but it was DOUBLE BOXED! WOW! I was pumped! Well... Pumped until I removed the last layer of bubble wrap.
"EEeeeeewwwwww" my 7 year old daughter shrieked! My 4 year old son sprinted over took one look at the 922 and looked up at me. "That looks like garbage daddy" he said in his cute little voice... Saddly, he was right. Wow. What a stinker. Literally. It smelled like... Lets just say if a tar pit had an asshole, this is what it would smell like. There was a nasty greasy film on it, like if the Winston man himself coughed it up.
Hmmmm... I thought to myself. I've seen worse. I've made worse look damn near brand new. That's when I put my foot down. No more screwing around, this baby needs help and STAT! So we brought the little stinker into my office and took the following photos:
Pictures can do no justice here. It's hard to see but every single crack on this thing was filled with a black grime.
There she is not too bad...
Oh wait, yeah that's gross.
Are those boogers in the buttons?
WHO THE HELL OWNED THIS THING ANYWAY!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNN!!!
The next step was to strip it down; like in an energency room when they simply slice the clothing off of a patient. No time to waste just get it done! There were more horrors inside. Despite the great packing job the bottom screw mounts had busted off. The UPS guys must have a drunken rugby match with it or something??? Anyway, no biggie epoxy will fix that, but oh! What's this?
Great... What the hell did they do to it!
Well, needless to say my carpet took a beating but it was nice to get it apart and under some water. It took ALOT of water and elbow grease but it was shocking how bright and shiny it was looking.
At this point I was feeling pretty damn good about things. So I dried her off and began the tedious process of carefully wielding a magic eraser (be careful with these kids) on the scuffs and Plastix polishing the shiny bits. By the way this Plastix stuff has given me FANTASTIC results on even the most grim looking chrome. It's unreal.
One half done...
SEE PART 2 BELOW NOW!!!!!!
looks like only paint -can save it -
Look for some Dupli-Color vinyl penetrating spray paint in light gray. That will fix it right up. 
That shot would have made many think twice before buying it at any price, my guess is this is exactly why he didn't show it. 
were bent and broken... AND FILTHY GREASY ROTTEN! I was shocked at how dirty a metal rod could be! It was as if the previous owner used them in a duel against tarman from return of the living dead. 
