[My L710 Restoration]

On 10/13/2017 at 5:26 PM, GD70 said:

You basically stole those for 15 bucks! The L710's are highly regarded.

Kents suggestions are good, except it will be difficult to match the original finish if you only work on the one surface. You may get it close and be happy, but if these were mine, no question the original finish would be removed, all surfaces sanded and any veneer repairs made if necessary.

By starting clean with all surfaces stripped to the veneer, your final finish will be even. It all depends on how much work you want to put into them. I'd love to see more pics showing the complete cabs, drivers and crossovers.

I'm surprised the surrounds needed replacing. Being butyl rubber, they usually hold up very well. My 910's from 1977 surrounds are in great shape.

Glenn

My pair had foam surrounds.

I ended up just rubbing a layer of howard's walnut on these, and I'm happy with them as is. Been using them ever since, and am still surprised by how good they sound. I actually have mine on 3' stands, which is probably not the recommended way to position them. I've been using these on a system that lets me switch between 4 sets of speakers, they're as followed ADS L710, EPI 100v, Polk SDA-2B, and Sony APM 690. Yes that's the order I prefer them in.

[My L710 Restoration]

Should I do that to all panels? One panel on each is actually in very good shape, the top, and outer panels are very faded.

[My L710 Restoration]

I found a pair of L710 in somewhat rough shape at goodwill for $15 a week ago. I've been slowly working on them as time permitted. So far, I've...

1-refoamed all 4 woofers, they were completely disintegrated, these were very difficult to align with test tones, took a few tries each, except for one which I got the first try.

2-replaced the 90uF cap on the crossover, this was surprisingly difficult to find. I ended up running a 68uF and 22uF cap in parallel instead. 

3-Installed 5 way binding posts. This was difficult to find ones long enough to work. The only ones I found were from PE, required boring out the contacts and PCB on the crossover.

They work, and sound great as is, but there's a few cosmetic issues I want to tackle. I'm going to replace the grill cloth, already have the cloth, not sure what glue to use. Can anyone recommend?

I want to refinish the cabinets, close to original as possible. The cabinets are in decent shape, but the inner panel on each is much better than the rest. One panel has the damage in the pic on it. What's the easiest way to get a nice even finish on these?