Good place to buy speaker grill fabric/cloth?

[jephdood]

Looked on parts express.. the cheaper variety, people have complained that it isn't really black.. more of a dark brown tint. And the more expensive "mellotone" variety, I'm not sure. Don't want it to be a lot different/thicker than what's already on my other Onix Rockets.

Anybody have any suggestions where to buy?

Also tried JoAnn's fabrics locally and they didn't have anything.

[tooskinny]

If you use amazon and type in speaker fabric it brings up a couple of different vendors to order from besides parts express.

[jephdood]

Well yeah.. I guess what I'm asking is, are they all pretty much the same material-wise? I'm looking for what will match best.

[fanuminski]

I made grills for my Rocket 850's - used Parts express

260-335 Speaker Grill Cloth Black Yard 70" Wide $7.25
329-045 Magnetic Grill Guides 0.395" Dia. x 0.2" H 8 Pcs.
$4.88
340-255 3M Super 77 Spray Adhesive 24 fl. oz./16.75 oz. Net Wt.
$11.95

I can send you some pics if you like of my 550 grills next
to my 850 grills.
Unfortunately,
I am colorblind and couldn't really see the "brown" in the fabric.


I was pleasantly surprised by the fabric though.
(But hated using the 3M spray - ughh)

PS> I could cut a swatch to send you also if you like -
but who knows if they keep the same mfg's or similar heat lots
of their fabric. bought mine in Jan/11

-M

[jephdood]

If you've got some pics handy, that would be great. But please don't go to any trouble in doing so... :cool:

[fanuminski]

I'll try and get to it tonight - but it is my Tuesday,
after work meeting with the guys :trio: -
where this is going on. :biglaugh:

who knows how the pics will turn out :eek:

-M

[jephdood]

Actually, man.. no need. I just went to a different JoAnn's and I *think* I found what I needed. Appreciate the offer tho. :applause:

[HuskerOmaha]

I was going to say-you probably don't need enough to make it worth it, but the stuff from rosebrand.com that Brad H directed me too would work great-I think they actually call it speaker fabric.

Did my screen wall in it.

[fanuminski]

since I took the pics- you are seeing them -lol The smaller ones are
the 550's - the larger the 850's I made from Parts Express fabric



HPIM2135 by fanuminski, on Flickr


HPIM2132 by fanuminski, on Flickr


HPIM2129 by fanuminski, on Flickr




hpim2137 by fanuminski, on Flickr

[fitzwaddle]

I was going to say-you probably don't need enough to make it worth it, but the stuff from rosebrand.com that Brad H directed me too would work great-I think they actually call it speaker fabric.

Did my screen wall in it.

Beat me to it :applause:

Here's a comparison pic between the the parts express cloth and the rosebrand speaker cloth, to show the color and texture difference (although the previous pics in the thread also show it):