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Want a custom look for your speaker cabinets or road cases?
DuraTex “Leather”
"Everyone has a spatter look for their speaker cabinets or road cases. Some are mild, some are dramatic, but most textures are a variation of a spatter or roller texture. Not anymore! Now you can create a Leather Look. Creating cabinet textures can be a real challenge when using delicate equipment such as pressure pots and HVLP guns. Airless equipment is expensive and less sophisticated application techniques can fall short of a professional look. We started thinking out of the box when one of our more creative customers applied the DuraTex with a new technique. It’s so simple, and WOW what a result! Here’s how the process takes place: For a demonstration, we simply applied DuraTex (you can use the Spray Grade, Roller Grade or High Build) with a brush to completely cover the substrate… in this case it was simple piece of 1/4” hardboard, but it works on MDF or Birch Ply too. Once we covered the entire surface and the DuraTex was still wet, we laid plastic over the surface. You could use Saran Wrap, Plastic Grocery Bags, or a piece of heavier mil plastic sheeting. You don’t need to be too technical, just make sure that the plastic comes in contact with the wet DuraTex. Next, just peel the plastic off and PRESTO… a Leather Look! You can also just dab at the coating to create any texture you want. make the pattern tight or wide just depending on how tightly you scrunch up the plastic. For less “grain”, just open up the plastic sheet a bit. Don’t worry about wrinkles in the plastic, it actually adds a nice dimension to the look. You can’t mess this up because you can always add a little more DuraTex and poke and peel until you get the finish you like. What you see wet will be what you’ll see when its dry.
Not only is it fun… the result is truly distinctive and unique."
Want a custom look for your speaker cabinets or road cases?
DuraTex “Leather”
"Everyone has a spatter look for their speaker cabinets or road cases. Some are mild, some are dramatic, but most textures are a variation of a spatter or roller texture. Not anymore! Now you can create a Leather Look. Creating cabinet textures can be a real challenge when using delicate equipment such as pressure pots and HVLP guns. Airless equipment is expensive and less sophisticated application techniques can fall short of a professional look. We started thinking out of the box when one of our more creative customers applied the DuraTex with a new technique. It’s so simple, and WOW what a result! Here’s how the process takes place: For a demonstration, we simply applied DuraTex (you can use the Spray Grade, Roller Grade or High Build) with a brush to completely cover the substrate… in this case it was simple piece of 1/4” hardboard, but it works on MDF or Birch Ply too. Once we covered the entire surface and the DuraTex was still wet, we laid plastic over the surface. You could use Saran Wrap, Plastic Grocery Bags, or a piece of heavier mil plastic sheeting. You don’t need to be too technical, just make sure that the plastic comes in contact with the wet DuraTex. Next, just peel the plastic off and PRESTO… a Leather Look! You can also just dab at the coating to create any texture you want. make the pattern tight or wide just depending on how tightly you scrunch up the plastic. For less “grain”, just open up the plastic sheet a bit. Don’t worry about wrinkles in the plastic, it actually adds a nice dimension to the look. You can’t mess this up because you can always add a little more DuraTex and poke and peel until you get the finish you like. What you see wet will be what you’ll see when its dry.
Not only is it fun… the result is truly distinctive and unique."
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