I saw a fellow last night on HGTV's Fixer Upper show make a nice woodgrain finish on an exterior concrete patio slab! (It involved sprinkling some brown powdery substance onto the concrete as it was curing and then using a press to form the "grain."
So I guess anything's possible.
But I...
Wow. Those are beautiful homes.
I'm sure the matte black finish on the sub box is the right way to go. I was just sayin' that the finish on that MDF looked good enough to hold a stain and become a beautiful heirloom-type piece. But I could be way off base with how it would take a stain.
Nice.
Industrial is very "in" right now.
Can't wait to see your finished project.
Yeah...that "consistent smoothness" was what caught my eye. Looks like it's ready to take a nice oil wood stain to become a beautiful, natural-wood piece of furniture.
I ran back through the thread but couldn't find a reference...
Are you using MDF to build the box? Because it looks really nice.
Maybe it's that orbital sander that is making the difference! :D