How To Clean Piano Black Speaker Finish?

mijostyn, in another train wreck of a post:

Millercarbo I will certainly not let you near any of my Porsches.

This is for everyone else since mijostyn as he is about to discover has crashed and burned and lies smoldering. I have the first place concours trophy from Whistler Weekend, a multi-region Porsche Club of America event where 120+ Porsches compete, to serve as my bona-fides. 

Concours as mijostyn is only now learning is a competition where cars are judged on perfection, particularly as regards paint and finish. In plain English its a car show, albeit one judged to incredibly high standards. I never in my life saw a car at a car show come anywhere near even the average car at a PCA multi-region concours.

No worries mijostyn, I wouldn't come within a mile of your Porsche. Even if you had one.

They're speakers but its really automotive paint so clean the same way you would a car you wanted to concours. Only difference is the car would be a lot bigger, and dirtier. But same technique.

Fold your soft microfiber cloth. Clean in straight lines. Do not go in circles. This way, if you do make a scratch, it will be visible from one angle only. Circles you can see from everywhere. Which I'm sure you have. The halo of swirls that moves around as you go. So don't be That Guy.

You can spray detailer like Griot's Speed Shine on the speaker or on the cloth. Or just dampen with water. Speakers aren't dirty so you'll be fine.

Whatever you do, fold that cloth, and use very little pressure, and clean with a rolling motion that keeps lifting the leading edge of the cloth pulling the dust and dirt up and away from the surface. Make your first pass like this. Then once you have removed all the dust like this if there are finger prints or whatever you can go back and use a little more detailer to get those. When cleaning those you can go back and forth if you are careful but never anything but straight lines until you are sure the surface is clean.

Now if you do get a scratch, well if its not too deep you can remove it. First use Griot's Paint Cleaning Clay. (Which you can do anyway, and will be floored how good your speakers will gleam if you do.) Then use Machine 4 Polish, a very fine polish. Finally, not necessary because indoors but Best of Show Wax will bring out depth you never knew was there.

Overkill, especially in a dark listening room. Then again it is piano black. Do all this and your speakers won't just disappear in the sense of throwing a sound stage. They will disappear because they have such a mirror finish you won't even see the speakers but only the reflection in them.