How Hard Is It To Replace Grill Cloth?
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I plan to spruce-up my SRTs and want to repair some of the broken posts and replace the cloth on the grills. It looks like it would be fairly easy to replace cloth on a nice flat grill like a bookshelf speaker has but these SRT grills are pretty-long with a triangular profile.
How difficult do you think they would be to recover? This picture below shows the shape of the SRT grills.
How difficult do you think they would be to recover? This picture below shows the shape of the SRT grills.
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Is there any way to remove the existing cloth without damaging it? You could then use that as a template.
Shouldn't be too bad though, I would just order enough to overlap, and plan on using a razor blade to make cuts (like they do when they cover a pool table with new felt).
So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?
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I've done the wooden that are stapled but the plastic bezels that seem to be heat glued scare me.
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You can use rubber cement. Put it on the back of the frame where the cloth will go and let it dry. Then put on the cloth and use a hot iron to re-activate the glue and it'll hold great. I've done this with a couple pairs of old JBLs as it seems to be the best practice in that community.
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I will fix your shifted magnets for free.
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You can use rubber cement. Put it on the back of the frame where the cloth will go and let it dry. Then put on the cloth and use a hot iron to re-activate the glue and it'll hold great. I've done this with a couple pairs of old JBLs as it seems to be the best practice in that community.
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You have to determine whether the cloth is tacked to the whole plastic grill frame or just along the sides. Either way, I would use spray adhesive to attach them. 3m 77 is good stuff.
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good stuff when I did my SDA2a frames a little on both cloth and frame let set for 30 or so seconds apply. I wasn't sure this would work on plastic, but I've done many a headliners with it. Once it bonds there is usually no moving it.
