Best way to clean speaker grills?

halo71

What is the best way to clean, what I can only guess is mold from speakers grills? Its a white powdery looking stuff, from maybe sitting in a basement. I am thinking using dilluted vinegar maybe?

quadzilla

Take them outside and brush off as much mold as possible. Then use mild bleach and/or lemon juice and salt solution. Dry them in the sun to kill the remaining spores.

kcoc321

I did not have any mold on my 'new' speaker grills, but I had very good luck using my steam cleaner.They look like new.

FYI: If your grill frames are made from MDF, install them back on the speakers while they are fully dried, as the MDF can warp from added moisture.

Course I just did mine, so I can't give you any long term effects, so try it at your own risk.

jimbo1421

My SurroundBar and PSW10 have synthetic fiber cloth on plastic frames. They had some spots on them and I was able to wash them in the bathtub immersed in some warm water and dish soap. Left them in the sun to dry. No problems washing them this way but I wouldn't wash grills with particle board frames this way.

Jim

zingo

A steam cleaner would do a good job it seems as stated above. I'm not sure I'd try anything with bleach or you might end up with discoloration or some kind. What about a light ammonia mix with a wet/dry vac to suction them off?

Knucklehead

mold tends to discolor fabric...permanently..consider recovering them.

kcoc321

Halo, do you have plastic or MDF grill frames? IF they are plastc, I was just thinki one coul actually try re-dyeing with fabric dye, after cleaning, if they were discolored. You could always recover them if it didn't work. IF they are MDF I would go easy on the liquids.
Good luck

halo71

Thanks for the info. But the "deal" I had on acquiring these speakers fell through. So.....no need to clean them now.