Cleaning of Grill Cloth Question

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Got a Tannoy speaker with brown cloth in a tight weave.It has some mold?? or fungus spots on the material.

Any cleaning suggestions?

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[Mr. Widget]

Shouldn't you be on the "Ask Heloise" forum for that one?

Widget

[Art J.]

I have cleaned speaker cloth with mold on it by using
stuff called CLOVERDALE that sells in Stop&Shop.
It kills mold and mildew without any harsh bleech
chemicals like all the others. Pretty handy to have around.
Its been color safe on everything I tried.
Read about it here.
http://www.cloverdaleinc.com/cloverclean.htm

Then my wife suggested spraying it with a fabric freshener
called Fabreze to take out any old smell.
She was right.

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Bad Widget

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Thanks for the suggestion Art J,I will give that spray a try and report back.

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[stang4u]

Not sure on mold, but for stains, general cleaning and touch ups, I have used Tuff Stuff and it works great. Aerosol spray ( very little is needed ). Dries in minutes Can be found in any automotive parts store. Spray it on, leave on for 20 seconds, wipe if off with any micro fiber cloth which I have used to wipe the grille fabric. As any cleansing Item associated with fabric, test in a small area first. Though on the fabric of the L100t3's it works great.........!!

[hjames]

Z O M B I E Thread ---
you have replied to a 10 year old thread,
and brought it back from the dead!!

Not sure on mold, but for stains, general cleaning and touch ups, I have used Tuff Stuff and it works great. Aerosol spray ( very little is needed ). Dries in minutes Can be found in any automotive parts store. Spray it on, leave on for 20 seconds, wipe if off with any micro fiber cloth which I have used to wipe the grille fabric. As any cleansing Item associated with fabric, test in a small area first. Though on the fabric of the L100t3's it works great.........!!

[stang4u]

I noticed that after I replied........LOL New here....... cut me some slack.........

[ratitifb]

Z O M B I E Thread ---
you have replied to a 10 year old thread,
and brought it back from the dead!!

life goes on

[Ed Zeppeli]

Z O M B I E Thread ---
you have replied to a 10 year old thread,
and brought it back from the dead!!

Which, IMO is not a bad thing on this forum. There's tonnes of rich info buried here that deserves resurrection.

[SEAWOLF97]

Not sure on mold, but for stains, general cleaning and touch ups, I have used Tuff Stuff and it works great. Aerosol spray ( very little is needed ). Dries in minutes Can be found in any automotive parts store. Spray it on, leave on for 20 seconds, wipe if off with any micro fiber cloth which I have used to wipe the grille fabric. As any cleansing Item associated with fabric, test in a small area first. Though on the fabric of the L100t3's it works great.........!!

thanks for resurrecting this , I missed it first time around. You can still learn something from old threads , if you want to.

[Mr. Widget]

thanks for resurrecting this , I missed it first time around. You can still learn something from old threads , if you want to.

I agree... you usually can't expect to connect with the earlier posters in the thread as often times the member is no longer active, but there are many older or even ancient threads that are still very relevant.


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[audiomagnate]

I agree... you usually can't expect to connect with the earlier posters in the thread as often times the member is no longer active, but there are many older or even ancient threads that are still very relevant.


Widget

And it's also interesting to see how some long time members seem to have mellowed a bit with age.

[grumpy]

lol... or change of meds.

My experience has been to spray or treat the entire cloth, vs spot treating.
Not necessarily soaking the whole thing, but spot cleaning can be tricky
in not leaving a "clean spot". Even feathering out the treatment a bit can help
in this regard.

[Art J.]

Got an automatic e-mail saying that the thread was activated. I'm still alive but haven't posted in ages.
Still using Cloverdale and it still works. Recognize a lot of names around here and good to see you all................ Art