A coat of primer, a couple coats of paint, two or three hours. What could be easier? Well worth the effort. Get one of those small, smooth rollers for the paint and yo can get a nice finish.
You could use peel and stick veneer sheets. You can get a very nice look if you use real wood products and have a steady hand on a razor knife (straight cut and bevel together). Takes less time since you don't have to remove or mask drivers.
You really want to seal the surface and edges of MDF. It has a tremendous affinty for water and will swell up in moderate humidity if not sealed with a polyurethane sealant or something like that, even if you cover it with a vinyl sheeting. Even a spray can or three of a polyurethane sealant will do good enough.
Take them to your local Panelbeater or Automotive paintshoppe - they can spraypaint them with ie high-gloss black or whatever colour you like. If MFD is well sanded and sealed and sprayed with high-grade enamel it looks absolutly stunning. See the Revel Saloon speakers - that is how your subs should look after a good spray-job.
You don't HAVE to paint them. But, if you care at all about the cosmetics, it's a good idea.
Bud Fried's own personal speakers are in bare, chipped, dirty particleboard. He gave them to me as a gift a few months prior to his passing. I initially toyed with the idea of doing something aesthetically, then changed my mind. Don't want to alter them from what was his reality.
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