slack in the grillcloth...

[FALKEN]

I have a 4x12 cab where the grillcloth is all slack and not looking right. I am basically thinking I need to take the whole thing apart and re-staple the thing. If I attempt this, will I be able to remove the staples that are already there, or will I need to cut away the current grill cloth and buy a new one? has anyone tried this?

 

[ez_willis]

should be able to just lift the old staples out, I would think.

 

[darrin_h2000]

I agree...but unless I wanted to sell Id just let it be.

 

[dodgeaspen]

If you have problems pulling them out you can always take a pair of cutters and twist enough to break it in two and take each half out at a time.

 

[FALKEN]

OK,

should I remove all 4 sides, or do you think I will be able to tighten it enough with only say 2 or 3 sides removed ?

 

[mcmetal]

you could do one side at a time and work your way around til all the slack is out.personally i think your overthinking it.use a small screwdriver to help lift the old staples out and then restaple as you go.they are hidden afterall once the grillcloth is put back in place.

if i was to buy a cab the last thing i'd worry about is if the cloth was restapled.i would pull it to look at the speakers for tears in the cone but would care less about the grillcloth unless it was actually torn up.

 

[darrin_h2000]

I on the other hand as a buyer Id beat you out of some money claiming that imperfection is a good enough reason to dicker you out of $50-100 bucks.

 

[FALKEN]

I'm not selling it....I bought it on ebay and after it was shipped I found out that the last owner had stretched it...it just looks saggy....none of my other cabs look this way

 

[ranjam]

OK, this is not for the faint of heart. What I've done is carefully taken a heat gun, and carefully and evenly apply heat to the cloth. 99% of the time, it will shrink right back into the proper alignment. If you are not fast enough, you'll burn a nice hole in the spot you hung around too long. There's a fine line between how long you apply heat to one spot and when you burn a hole. But apply it evenly all around the cloth face.

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[FALKEN]

i tried something like this...i took the speakers out and ran a hair dryer on high on it for about 20 minutes.....it helped but didn't do the job... do you think a heat gun would be better ? is that the same as a heat gun ?

 

[ranjam]

i tried something like this...i took the speakers out and ran a hair dryer on high on it for about 20 minutes.....it helped but didn't do the job... do you think a heat gun would be better ? is that the same as a heat gun ?

I doubt it would be the same, but you never know. They make hair dryers in all sorts of wattages, but a heat gun can be much higher in temperature. I doubt you've gotten a nasty burn with a hair dryer, although it probably got very uncomfortable. Heat guns will do damage to the grill cloth or your skin. One gun I have is rated for 1375-watts and has a temperature of 500 degrees, which is still second best to my Makita; 1500-watts and 1100 degrees of authority . It's advertised as being good for thawing frozen metal pipes! These things rock when you put heat shrink on your cables or whatever. Just use the Black & Decker 500-degree model for that job, please. If you can borrow one for a day and save $80 or $100, you'd know in a jiffy if your hair dryer was enough for that grill cloth.