Sandpaper choice?

[brutal]

pair of 4311B's I did with Watco natural, and sold (for a pittance)

[Doc Mark]

Hey, Brutal,

Very nice, indeed!! A lack of time has now intruded on my desire to get the 4411 cabinets up to snuff, and so this project will have a wait just a bit, as have many other fun projects I've wanted to complete! Hopefully, after Thanksgiving, work will settle down and I'll be able to get this one done, and start on a few others, too! Thanks, again, for sharing your great success with the Watco! Take care, and God Bless!

Every Good Wish,
Doc

[westend]

pair of 4311B's I did with Watco natural, and sold (for a pittance)

Nice work, they look great!
I understand about the "pittance" part of this. It's impossible to recover the time and cost when dealing with the Studio Monitors, IMO.

[brutal]

I'm still kicking myself over this.

They ended up going for about $35 over what I paid for them. All the time I put into them... painted the baffles and backs, new foam on the LE25-2's. I made $20 not including my time. Oh well, refinishing is therapeutic for me.

Worst part is I had a buyer off the CL ad willing to go the e-bay route and I missed his e-mail waiting for me to confirm the final price so I could end the auction to the high bidder (him.)

Some other flake that NEVER leaves feedback for sellers got em for $100 less.

I just have too many sets in the house right now, something had to give and I'm not particularly fond of the L100/4311 genre. The 4310's are staying for posterity's sake (plus I paid $200 for them and $189 for a pair of NOS 2105H to make them right.)

[westend]

I'm still kicking myself over this.

They ended up going for about $35 over what I paid for them. All the time I put into them... painted the baffles and backs, new foam on the LE25-2's. I made $20 not including my time. Oh well, refinishing is therapeutic for me.

Worst part is I had a buyer off the CL ad willing to go the e-bay route and I missed his e-mail waiting for me to confirm the final price so I could end the auction to the high bidder (him.)

Some other flake that NEVER leaves feedback for sellers got em for $100 less.

I just have too many sets in the house right now, something had to give and I'm not particularly fond of the L100/4311 genre. The 4310's are staying for posterity's sake (plus I paid $200 for them and $189 for a pair of NOS 2105H to make them right.)

Understand, completely. If nothing else, you've probably made the pair more appreciable and at some time a user will cherish them and care for them as you did. Gotta' hope for that, I guess.
I am thinking of selling the JBL 4313 Monitors I just refinished. Didn't think I'd ever sell them. They are just a really nice package for small rooms and nearfield. Alas, can't hand them down to the kids and I need the space so I will probably sell them, along with a couple of other pairs. I won't loose any money on them but certainly won't get paid for the time I have in them.