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HELP...Bubble Wrap Marks in PIANO BLACK Speakers??

I just purchased a pair of Piano Black speakers here on Audiogon. I received them today (9/12/06) nicely packed and carefully wrapped with bubble wrap. As I unpacked & unraveled the bubble wrap from each speaker, I noticed the bubble wrap left round shaped dot marks on the Piano Black finish of each speaker. It is not something that can be felt with the finger, so I thought it would wash off easily.

I tried cleaning with water, Windex & Orange BLAST Auto/Shop degreaser. Nothing worked. Then I tried Liquid Glass auto polish and Zymol cleaner wax. Still, I can't remove the bubble wrap markings. I even tried 70% rubbing alcohol in a tiny back corner. That did not work either.

I'm getting a bit nervous now, since these speakers were stored several months in this wrapping and they're all covered with the marks like leopard spots. I don't know if the marks will come out now, or how the Seller will respond to this. He is aware of the marks, but not that I can't get them out. I'd really like to remove the marks and to keep the speakers. Does anyone have suggestions for a cleaner for this?
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sbrtoy
122 posts
 
I would return them to the seller, any furniture grade finish should be protected by a non-marring packaging, and unfortunately the speakers were not. If the seller did not disclose this nor did they inspect the speakers before selling, it should be their problem to handle. I would not mess with it any more as the seller will likely not accept them back if you degrade the finish in your attempts to fix it.

Any fine furniture store will tell you you never use reactive materials such as plastic on a gloss finish. Movers always use cloth pads and/or soft pile lined burlap to protect expensive furniture.
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audphile1
4,169 posts
 
if you don't want to return the speakers, your only other choice is to re-finish them. Because I doubt the stains will go away. You can actually contact places that fix and re-finish pianos and ask them what they think.
There could have been some sort of reaction between the bubble wrap and th speaker finish that the stains you see now are below the paint
gregadd
574 posts
 
"And lastly, I'm not sure this is women's work (LOL). "

Not womens work. Womens knowledge. They supply the knowledge. You supply the elbow grease.
bigbucks5
184 posts
 
Give the low heat hair drier a shot...just for a minute or so. It can't be baked on any worse than it is already.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
I own Wilson Sophia 2's. They come wrapped in a plastic peel-off coat. They warn you to not leave this plastic sheet coating on to long. Temp and humidity up and downs may be why the bubble imprints are there in the first place,thus,tough to remove. Also, maybe the bubble-wrap was "dirty" to some extent before hand?? I think these may have been wrapped longer than stated, before shipping? I too would be angry, and then some!!!!
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