Can You Spray Paint Speaker Grill Cloth

Jon Silberman

I have a cab that would exist perfect for an application I take in listen for it but (yes, I know this is shallow but still) the grill cloth is currently gold w/metallic threads and I'd rather it be black.

My problem is someone who worked on the cabinet previously Gorilla-glued in the frame property the grill cloth such that it tin can no longer be removed without wrecking the cabinet (hint: NEVER practise this - if you just take to take a perfect seal, use silicon or something else that can be removed if desired).

I've washed my internet inquiry and read of all sorts of "piece of work arounds" in this circumstance. Dye is plain out because polyester (well, I'chiliad not sure it's exactly polyester but it does feel artificial) doesn't take dye. But many people have reported expert outcomes using fabric paint like the paint below.

I'd never heard of such a thing as fabric pigment before doing my search. It seems similar a nutty concept to me but patently it'southward used all the fourth dimension on curtains, furniture, automobile interiors, and yes, also grill cloth.

Does this **** actually work?!

Blue Strat

I'll bet it does. However, it might actually touch on the sound of the cab (I know, I know!) in a similar fashion equally basketweave grill fabric on a Marshall cab does. Could be good or bad.

treeofpain

Information technology works...on fabric.

Nigh grill cloth is plastic, not fabric. It's questionable whether the paint (or whatsoever pigment) will stick to the grill material. Or it might initially stick and then flake over fourth dimension. Information technology would be a pain to clean it off if it didn't piece of work right.

The other question is how information technology would bear on the sound. Information technology might actually cake higher frequencies.

Jon Silberman

It is true that the simplest approach would be to "free my heed instead" by accepting an obviously mismatched head and cab.

swiveltung

I've found most grill cloth material takes normal spray paint fine. Remove the speaker before spraying though. If it's pretty open up weave type fabric like Fender blazon etc the paint will not "close upwards" the material to whatsoever noticeable effect. If information technology's something like cane etc it may.

Jon Silberman

I've found most grill material material takes normal spray pigment fine. Remove the speaker before spraying though. If information technology's pretty open weave type textile like Fender type etc the pigment will not "close upward" the fabric to any noticeable event. If it's something like cane etc information technology may.

Information technology is indeed Fender-blazon cloth.

swiveltung

There is vinyl pigment as well, merely I've e'er but used Krylon. Although I've probably simply done it 4-5 times over the years.

dazco

aye, won't stick to plastic grills similar blackness/silver. But i have painted several with apartment or satin blackness spray paint and information technology works fine. It will at times come off if the grill is violated past something that might scratch it off, merely it;southward a easy impact upwardly unless it;south in front of the speaker cone in which instance yous'd wanna remove the speaker first. Anyways, it'southward worked fine for me and no effect on sound.

amphog

Use a lacquer based paint, on plastic based grill cloth.

J M Fahey

I wouldn´t.
Paint *has* capillarity, then it won´t just stick (poorly by the way) to plastic thread but also tend to fill the tiny gratuitous space between threads.
You can somewhat attenuate that past painting from quite far away (say 2 feet away) so solvents partly evaporate in mid air and droplets arrive half stale, meaning way thicker than whan they left pigment gun/can nozzle.

amphog

I would non practice it either, just I have encountered information technology so many times, that I would recommend it if you actually needed a different colour grill on the cheap. And you can remove it with lacquer thinner if you are careful!

makerdp

If you are handy with and have the right power tools....

Cut the old grille-cloth off with a sharp razor blade, right upwards to the edge of the frame.
Use a flat-bottomed bit in a router fix to the thickness of the frame and carefully rout out the old frame.
Build a new frame, encompass with your fabric choice and screw it in from the front end or dorsum.

Or ask a buddy who you trust using those tools to help you practice it.