recovering grilles on Model 19's

[catangen]

Has anyone tried recovering the grilles on a model 19? did you have any success at getting the corners to look good? i sure as hell didn't. The acoustic neutral cloth i used wasn't very stretchy i tried with all four grilles and couldnt get one to come out decent. they are certainly better than they were before, but still not as nice i would like them to look. This is the material i used... http://www.ebay.com/itm/221419415471?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649http:// .... Its really nice material but there is almost no elasticity. This is what i am thinking about trying next.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/221415246228?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 ... If anyone else has any suggestions i would love to hear them.

[hjames]

Didn't you already ask this in a different post at 10PM last night

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?35694-recovering-the-grilles-on-ALtec-Model-19-s

This is not a really busy site -
be patient, wait a bit and someone with the answer may get back to you ...

Did you post any pictures of how you cut the fabric and use it against the front baffle?

Picture might be helpful for those of us who have done new speaker cloth
but on something other than that exact model ...

[catangen]

I did, but then i realized i probably listed it under the wrong category. I thought the DIY forum would be a more appropriate place than the technical info section. I tried to delete the other post but i couldnt find a way to do it.

[catangen]

"...are you using two coats of fully dried liquid contact cement on the frames? ..after the cement has dried the cloth is then tacked down to the frame using a warm iron... any wrinkles can be removed by lifting the cloth from the cement and re-tacking, as necessary. "


Yes i did. i used a spray adhesive. But the fabric is a woven material and does not stretch or shrink. The iron does help it a bit on the flat surfaces but in the corners where the material bunch up it really didnt help much.

I think the key thing here is that i tried using woven material that does not stretch. i have ordered some knit material and i plan on doing this all over again. Hopefully that will go better.

[robertbartsch]

....cut some fabric out of the corners.... you may need to practice some and the fabric is cheap, so go at it a few times and see what works and what does not....

I don't like the spray adhesive at all. I would use liquid contact cement. Use a small paint brush and apply two coats of contact cement. Let it fully dry before you begin tacking in the cloth with the warm iron.

I believe this method was used in many many factory applications... so, yeah, it works well but takes a little practice.

[Bluegrassmaven]

See the e-bay seller Huntley_audio. He has some nice grille cloth

[xfrt8dog]

I recently bought some stretch fabric from http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/. It was B 200 brown. Recommended by folks here on the Lansing Forum. It's a great match for the original, I bought 5 yards (minimum for not to get charged a cutting fee) for both the Model 19's and a B460 clone I built. I will be using the contact cement method highly recommended on this Forum. Hope it helps!