When I get involved in a continuing art project … I have a lot of fun with it. Seriously. A LOT of fun.
But that “lot of fun” also involves putting together new and unique ways to challenge myself on projects like this.
Case in point. During the warm summer months, I can work outside on these drive-in speakers. I can spray-paint them to my heart’s content while I’m outside enjoying the cool breeze.
But I can’t do that during the winter. And I don’t have a dedicated spray garage or spray location inside my home. And the last thing I need in my life is an addiction to inhalants. Chuck does not huff.
So for this next drive-in speaker project, I actually tried to use sandpaper to sand down the grungiest unit possible and give it a shiny mirror finish. And at first, I tried my rotary tool and several sandpaper discs. But all I received for my effort was plenty of nasty, visible swirl marks.
That meant going back over the entire unit … and hand-sanding it. You heard me. I broke out some serious muscle action. Rubbed that drive-in speaker chassis back and forth, up and down, back and forth, up and down.
Did I make it work?
You tell me.
Or better yet, let me show you.
Yeah, this ought to be a fun video. For sure. 😀
Chuck The Writer 
Respectfully, for similar projects in the future, you might want to consider different grades of steel wool.
It’s been a staple in my furniture refinishing toolbox for nearly 50 years.
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