# P10 Top plate material

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**Category:** Power Components\
**Created:** [February 13, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/p10-top-plate-material/3715 "2017-02-13T03:46:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/p10-top-plate-material/3715/3 "2017-02-13T05:53:44Z")

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The tops are acrylic paint over HDF (wood). The process to get them looking that nice is extraordinary. They are painted, then polished on large buffing wheels in a series of finer and finer grits until the final polish which is done by hand. It’s about a twelve step process if I remember. In any case, as Frank suggests, you can treat it like any painted surface. Mostly, think of it as a car finish. It can be polished, waxed, even rubbing compound if it’s in bad shape.

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