I want to bring the rosewood finish of my speakers to splendor. How are they factory finished? Oil? Wax? Polymer?
What’s best to clean them? Can those who have done it please advise?
Also, does anyone know what the torque value should be for the woofers?
Thanks very much
M
Max, there are still a couple of people at the factory who used to work on the speakers, so I would suggest an email to Naim support. Or perhaps @NeilS can ask Clive…
Torque on the mid bass driver bolts should be 3.6Nm.
Richard, thanks.
I never think of emailing Naim, but I used to a lot, years ago. Steven Hopkins was the kindest person and answered always and quickly. 
He was really helpful with my nDAC firmware issue. 
Hi Guys, I spoke to Clive - as the cabinets were not made by Naim (probably Hornslet) we can’t be sure of the exact process used, but we’re pretty sure the cabinets were just a polished veneer, with no oils, waxes etc.
At Naim, we used normal furniture polish (Pledge) to clean the cabinets before packing.
Regards
Neil.
Thanks!
Regards
Max
Do not use that can of bees polish with the yellow cap, I have damaged my nbls with it and am not super happy
@ Gary, what damage was caused? Thanks.
Due to the age I guess there are tiny nicks in the varnish. The oily nature of that product has seeped under the varnish. I’ll upload a picture later
It is varnished then a restorer cleaner will remove any old wax and polish. The apply the new wax of choice. As said though, if the varnish is cracked the applied product may get under the varnish and stain or darken the veneer.
If they were oiled rather than varnished at production then this will not be a problem.
If the varnish is cracked then the only way to restore is to carefully sand back to the original veneer surface and then apply a coating of choice.
These marks were not there when I got them. Looking back on photos, they appeared in 2022 at some point, it has to be ‘Woodsilk’ which is what I used on them, up until I actually spotted the issue a couple of month back. Yup never even seen if for 2 years lol.
I am trying to remain stoic about it, but truth is I am gutted. Obviously it does not affect sound. Or does it
Looks okay to me. I never liked Woodsilk either.
I use to use a solid beeswax type polish on my Spendors.
Look on the left and bottom of the front the vertical dark streaks are not the wood grain.
If sound is perception and perception is affected by mood…
I’m sure a furniture restorer or french polisher could correct that. Probably not too expensive if they only need to do the front faces?
Is that an N-Sub I can see showing similar blemishes?
It is an nSub but no, nothing on that although the picture says otherwise.
I cannot conceive that anything other than a strip down will do it. I could get away with just the fronts the sides have a couple but barely noticeable.
They are ancient speakers at the end of the day, they work fine they even look fine, the camera has enhanced the bad bits.
Yes, I think a full strip down would be necessary. That’s what I was thinking when I said a pro could sort them. You could mess around with wood bleach but in this case I think there’s every chance you would make them worse.
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