Am I out of my mind? #obsessed


I have a pair of B&W 805d3 stand mount speakers. I dust them weekly with a microfiber cloth. From a few feet away they still look brand new but on closer examination they aren’t perfect. Tiny micro scratches and smudges. I had the thought of trying a polishing product or car wax to make them perfect again. Good idea or am I just #obsessed? 
paulgardner

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Paulgardner, The paint on those is a polyester lacquer and very hard. You can refinish it easily just like a car. I use Menzerna products (German Meguiar's) If the scratches are light (you can not feel them with a fingernail) you would start with 2500 and finish with 3500. You can do it by hand with a microfiber cloth rubbing firmly in circles overlapping as you go along then buff out with a clean microfiber cloth. STAY AWAY from the edges. The paint is thin here. Once buffed out you do not need to put anything on the surface. You will just make it cloudy. You can probably do this 3-4 times before getting into trouble as long as you stay away from the edges. You could use a random orbital polisher but given the small surfaces I would tend to recommend sticking to rubbing out by hand unless you are very experience with the polisher. You can get Menzerna products at autogeek.net.
Glazes do not remove scratches or swirl marks. They just hide them temporarily. Wax protects a car for for about 24 hours or the moment you drive out of the garage whichever comes first. Looks nice though. Ah Zymol, the pina colada experience. Black cars? You have to be kidding. Only in a museum.
Porsche 911's? What fun. @millercarbon, you ever wrecked one? How many speeding tickets you get in a year? People who really appreciate what the 911 is about have wrecked at least one (I did but it wasn't my fault.....right) and they get at least one speeding ticket a year. Law abiding citizens need not apply. Real 911 guys appreciate the beauty of a Ferrari but would never own one. You can't beat the snot out of the thing without it breaking. I also hate cigars. Gag a maggot.