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I bought some silk like fabric and I intend to install it on to my Edison A250. I worked hard making a grill and I want it to look correct. Thanks!

Question: 1} What is the best way to install it?
2} Is it historically correct to have the shiny side face out?

Here is what I did to apply the grill cloth. First, I didn't know that silk had a shiny and dull side. I used a sheer fabric that I got at the local fabric store. This cloth was the same on both sides. I cut a piece about ½" larger than the grill. I run a thin bead of tacky glue on the top of the grill. Pull tight on the cloth, so the edge stretched as far as it will go. To secure, use clothes pins, the spring loaded kind or small spring clamps. Let dry over night. Then use the same method on each side. It will take 4 days, and you will have a nice tight grill cloth on the grill. After all 4 sides are done, then carefully cut the excess away from the grill. The tight grill cloth with have the same resonance as a drum. Let us know how it works.
Harvey Kravitz

Phonofreak wrote:Here is what I did to apply the grill cloth. First, I didn't know that silk had a shiny and dull side. I used a sheer fabric that I got at the local fabric store. This cloth was the same on both sides. I cut a piece about ½" larger than the grill. I run a thin bead of tacky glue on the top of the grill. Pull tight on the cloth, so the edge stretched as far as it will go. To secure, use clothes pins, the spring loaded kind or small spring clamps. Let dry over night. Then use the same method on each side. It will take 4 days, and you will have a nice tight grill cloth on the grill. After all 4 sides are done, then carefully cut the excess away from the grill. The tight grill cloth with have the same resonance as a drum. Let us know how it works.
Harvey Kravitz

Thanks Harvey. I intend to post a tutorial about making my own grill. It's a fun project, but I found it quite challenging.

One other way of ensuring a nice, tight fit is to lay the cloth down (cut rather larger than the grille itself) upon a good flat surface (e.g., a piece of plywood), and tape it down securely, stretching the cloth to remove any wrinkles. Then you can add a bead of glue to the back of the grille, place it on the cloth, and weight it down sufficiently.

When the glue is dry, you can trim the excess cloth from the edge of the grille.

Bill

Lucius1958 wrote:One other way of ensuring a nice, tight fit is to lay the cloth down (cut rather larger than the grille itself) upon a good flat surface (e.g., a piece of plywood), and tape it down securely, stretching the cloth to remove any wrinkles. Then you can add a bead of glue to the back of the grille, place it on the cloth, and weight it down sufficiently.

When the glue is dry, you can trim the excess cloth from the edge of the grille.

Bill

Thanks Bill. Really good idea!

Lucius1958 wrote:One other way of ensuring a nice, tight fit is to lay the cloth down (cut rather larger than the grille itself) upon a good flat surface (e.g., a piece of plywood), and tape it down securely, stretching the cloth to remove any wrinkles. Then you can add a bead of glue to the back of the grille, place it on the cloth, and weight it down sufficiently.

When the glue is dry, you can trim the excess cloth from the edge of the grille.

Bill

That's pretty much what I do too, learned from trial and error, except using map pins instead of tape. The pins are easy to adjust as you work the wrinkles out.

Clay

That's pretty much what I do too, learned from trial and error, except using map pins instead of tape. The pins are easy to adjust as you work the wrinkles out.

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Thanks Clay. Everybody's help is greatly appreciated.