easy, decent (and cheap) finishing for box?

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

like i said, though i've never done it, a veneer or forimica doesnt seem too hard to do. seems like you just stick and cut panels.

 

[twoohfour 10+ year member]

oh, ok, cool. maybe ill try that. thx!
other than carpeting which i want to avoid and liner, anythin else done easily?

dolllop paint on it, that always works.

uhh

i would say what might be kinda neat actually is you can get this spray acoustic foam thing at Home Depot in a can, and they have different colors, its like that flaky stuff that people always hit their head on the ceiling and it falls down you know? i dont know why, i think that in black would be pretty cool? a nice thick coat.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

^Cutting formica is quite difficult without the proper equipment...

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

cutting just about anything is difficult without the proper equipment

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

cover it in vynil

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

all u do for formica is put the contact cement on and let it tack up and then when u have it on u use a SHARP blade and cut it kuz its only 1/16 or 1/32 thick

 

[acousticguitar 10+ year member]

cool. will look into those as well. (though the ease of truck bed liner sounds neat)

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

yea dude. just get some woodfiller - can get at virtually ANY hardware store) and fill in all the screw holes... hopefully the builder countersunk the screws //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

you can use bondo if you got some lyin around tho.

sand it as smooth as you can (with a block sander) and then get the spraycan of the truckliner at autozone for $7.99+tax and have at it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[lotas 10+ year member]

all u do for formica is put the contact cement on and let it tack up and then when u have it on u use a SHARP blade and cut it kuz its only 1/16 or 1/32 thick

I would highly not-reccomend trying to do laminate if you are not good with tools and such. I dont even see how you guys do it without a router for laminates, I dont see how you make it look professional without a router.

The way you would do it is you would score a piece about the size of the side you are doing. Score it and snap it (laminate is strong stuff, it can and will crack if in a big roll, but you cant just cut through it) and contact cement the back of the laminate, and the mdf. Wait for them to be not tacky or just a tiny bit tacky and apply pressure while joining them. Then you would use a router and go along the edges to get a clean edge.

Seems a little too in-depth for what this guy is looking for...

 

[acousticguitar 10+ year member]

yea dude. just get some woodfiller - can get at virtually ANY hardware store) and fill in all the screw holes... hopefully the builder countersunk the screws //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif
you can use bondo if you got some lyin around tho.

sand it as smooth as you can (with a block sander) and then get the spraycan of the truckliner at autozone for $7.99+tax and have at it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You think I can get by without sanding it? Curious.

 

[Harrison486 10+ year member]

My box is just bare MDF... I sort of wanna do some finish work on it, but im too lazy to take the sub back out of the box....

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

You think I can get by without sanding it? Curious.

you'll see all the screws.

sand it, then paint it.

 

[IshbOO 10+ year member]

looks like my sealed box, can't wait to build my ported box

 

[MadAudio 10+ year member]

if u want the cheap easy clean look then simply drive to your local fabric store get some vinyl to match your interior , some polyster batting (low loft) ,3m 77 spray adhesive and some super hold fabric glue ( works great for holding tight where the 3m will not hold spray the box with 3m glue then add the batting to the box then spray the batting and glue the vinyl on the batting .

the batting will conceal any imperfections on the wood and give u a smooth proffesional look at a low price

 

[linvillegorge 10+ year member]

I just built my box today. The wood filler is drying now. I just used the filler to fill in a few screw holes and a few minor "misjudgements." After it dries, I'm gonna sand it up, round the corners down, then primer it and paint it. I just took my floormats to Home Depot and had them color match some paint for it. I'll post some pics when the install is done. Hopefully it'll turn out pretty good! So far, so good.