Hi
Has anyone here stripped a black ash LP12 plinth? what was the best method? Alternatively has anyone refinished a black Ash plinth.
Show pictures please
I’ve seen a few stripped back to the bare ash and they look lovely.
The black is just a paint finish.
I’ve kept mine from 1987 as is.
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I stripped and rebuilt an LP12 that had been neglected for years, took some time and during the dismantling I took lots of pics just for reference.
Refinishing the plinth means a total strip down , I’m a retired engineer so certainly helped and there was no time or pressure to complete it.
I have added a few pics of the sanded down plinth and the refinished item.
Hope these help, happy new year.
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Thanks - do you have any of the finished LP12
His top pic. 
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@Skeptikal oh sorry, i thought that was before. I am really interested in anyone who’s stripped and then just oiled the LP12. Although now I have seen this one, black is still nice.
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@DUUH
I’ve seen some done and they look great it’s an unusual grain pattern if you’re lucky.
It looks a bit more like walnut.
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@Skeptikal yes I was thinking Snooker Cue where the paint has “sunk” into the grain
A member on here called @Dan_M used to have a stripped black one he might have a picture or so.
I can’t remember if he repainted it but has changed his plinth now.
I’m sure he’ll oblige if poss “ Good Guy.”
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I bought it with the plinth stripped back from black Ash. Now have Walnut fluted plinth. Sold the old one on.
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This is the new plinth I had fitted at the beginning of 2025. I changed it because the previous plinth had been oversanded and the lid overlapped the front fascia of the plinth. It started to annoy me after I had done a host of LP12 upgrades. It was the last thing I have done to the LP12. I also had a new top plate fitted. Everything on the LP12 has now been replaced. Maybe some of the screws are original. I guess now it has no date of birth!
BD
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I think if you do the job, don’t oversand it. If you look closely at the old plinth the lid overlaps the edges considerably. You just want to strip the paint finish and not the wood. If there are deep scratches I would fill them rather than sanding them out.
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Hi @Dan_M
Hope @DUUH looks back in and sees what he wanted.
Hope you didn’t mind me roping you in. 
Best wishes Jim.
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Thanks Jim,
Happy New Year mate. Wishing you and your loved ones all the best.
His LP12 looks very nice on Christmas Tree pics.
Easier to buy a new plinth and get dealer to fit and then sell old one on the Bay! 
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I’ve only seen one in the flesh that was stripped back. I liked it but do recall the edges were all rounded off somewhat compared to a machine cut new one. Didn’t bother me but thought worth mentioning. If you look closely, you can see a bit of that in Dan’s photos, although the one I saw hadn’t been sanded back as much, so overall looked more like silverback’s deck.
In my case, it’s not an LP12 turntable, but the bleaching technique is the same. I bleached my black Bricks with steel wool soaked in acetone, then cleaned them with cotton cleaning pads for antiques soaked in 70° alcohol.
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@Dan_M Thanks so much for sharing
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@Dan_M that’s the main LP12, the black Ash plinth came from this one. it’s the original. I have a few parts now from various upgrades and as a project was going to put another LP12 together to use upstairs to replace the rega P6, I’m not in a rush to do it.
Thanks for the pictures
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Linn recommends to service the wood every 15 years. Time to do it Skep.
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