I'm not a wood guy. Every chance I get I farm out the wood work on my speakers, house, guitars, all of it. Any advice given here would be greatly appreciated.
That said, I'm looking to at least clean up a few sooty cabinets to be able to use them until my woodworker friend has time to take them & do a real job on them. Four of my L46 cabinets lived at least 20 years of their life inside air intakes in a Manhattan building. They're pretty well covered in soot & general city air grime. Grilles I figure I'll go at with vacuums & air guns & various attachments, I think they'll clean up reasonably well. Any recommendations on how to attack the soot removal from the cabinets, without destroying the dried-out black walnut veneers? I've got the cabs stripped of components, and eager to hear about my options.
Should they just sit in line, since they're just going to get sanded anyway? Or, is there a safe way to just clean them for now so they can be used in a clean room in the meantime?
The dirty L46s are the top 4 on the right in the attached pic. The rest in the pile are really dry, but not too dirty.
Thanks in advance,
je