[Hallicrafters] R46-B speaker cloth

[William Ward]

Several years ago when I was heavily involved in restoring classic cars, I found spray cans of fabric dye which were perfect for re-coloring the fabric on door panels and headliners without removing them.  This stuff also worked on the speaker grill cloth of a couple of old radios I had, too.  Can't remember where I bought the stuff; either at an auto paint store or a well stocked arts and crafts store, like Hobby Lobby or fabric/art store like JoAnn's.  Yep, it can be done, provided the cloth is still in relatively good condition.
Bill Ward
W5QI

Peter May <peter_may at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Has anyone tried redying speaker cloth? The speaker cloth on the R46-B is quite different in that it has a metal mesh sandwiched inside of two layers of cloth.
The speaker cloth on the front of my R46-B is pretty faded.
It's gone a dark brown colour. I thought reversing it would be a good trick but did not look quite right (you can see the previous impression of the speaker).
I thought maybe I'd get some black fabric dye and have a go at redying the cloth. I'm a bit worried that it might be a waste of effort.

Regards
Peter
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