I hit a snag the other night 
I started cleaning the second cab and as I gave it a good wipe down, the paint just started flaking off, and it got worse and worse as I cleaned more..
The initial thoughts were “touch up”, but what started like this…
Ended up like this after some elbow grease
Some flaking…
After a wipe down it looked like this – so I just started sanding
And then I decided, there’s no way I could “touch” this up without a proper colour match, so for those that remember my Naomi Universal project and me saying in the first post ” I am not repainting these cabs, they are just too much work, so I will embrace the war wounds”, it looks like I’ll be painting this mofo 
I’ll keep this cab and get rid of the other “better” condition cab – I really am hating this cab of all the cabs I’ve worked on lol
An hour later, the cab is officially stripped out! (took me an hour, since I’ve never stripped a blast before and there were so many JIS screws – which I f***ed two up and needed to drill out)
I am hoping this doesn’t end up taking me 5 months like the universal – it shouldn’t as there’s no rust damage or patching I need to sort out. It’s all in the prep work!
I also realised why the speakers sounds so crap when I tested it…
The foam has rotted away! And of course, there’s no “easy” replacement speakers for this cabinet – unlike the astro’s or naomi universal… the hate for this cab grows daily!
