After the glue is spread, wipe off your fingers and start gently pressing the cloth down into the glue.
You want to keep the glue away from the edge or it may press out from under the cloth and be visible on the outside of the finished project. Use your finger to spread the glue being careful to keep the glue away from the inside center of the flange opening. Take your tube of glue and squeeze a small bead along a several inch section of the flat inside flange. Gluing, being sure to keep the glue about anĮighth of an inch away from the inside edge. This photo shows the small wrinkles which I was able to remove by pressing the screen outward from the inside.įigure 2.Pull back a small area and begin At this time provided you have the new replacement grille cloth in hand and ironed flat, lay the rim upside down on the back of the grille cloth and using a fine point marker, trace a line around the outside of the rim marking a circle on the cloth. What you want to end up with is curved strips of stock approximately 2 to 4 inches long to go around both inside rims. Then, using a drafting compass or some other manner of device, offset the line you have just made about a half inch wide. Using the edge of the dome screen, trace the outside edge of the screen on the card stock about half a circle. You may have seen these as you removed the original cloth. Before we start gluing the cloth, you will need to make the card stock or Manila reinforcement tabs that will be applied around the flange on top of the glued grille cloth. Ok, you should now have the two rims stripped of old cloth and sanded clean. If the felt dampener band is deteriorated use the same process to remove it also at this time. After the old cloth is removed, scrape or sand any remaining traces of glue from the rims flange. If the screen has become distorted in any way, now is the time to flatten the rim or press out any dents in the dome.Ĭloth removal is next and is simply a matter of scraping or cutting out the old grille cloth with a knife or sharp putty knife being careful not to mar the rims original finish if you are not planning on repainting it. Starting at one of these notches, use your thin blade screwdriver to pry the screen up being careful not to bend or distort the screen and continue towards the other notch slowly working the screen out of the rim. You will notice that there are two notched out areas on the flange of the screen which should align with two of the pins projecting from inside the rim. This retaining band is coated with some kind of substance which has dried over time and may crumble off in the removal process.
Rca victor radio mesh cloth grill free#
Find the end and use an awl, a dental pick or a thin flat blade screwdriver to pry it out of the groove and continue working your way around until it is free of the rim. Working from the back of the grille, begin by prying out the round spring wire retaining band which is located in the grove above the heavy screen. The speaker rims will have to be stripped of the old grille cloth and felt dampener bands. # 60 RCA-100 Grille cloth size 12" x 12".ġ Tube - Liquid Nails brand adhesive Type MP for home projects.ġ or 2 sheets of card stock or Manila folders The materials you will need are as follows:Ģ pcs. Pattern #60 is specifically designed for the model 100 speaker and has a very close resemblance to the original. Replacing RCA Radiola Model 100 Speaker Grille Cloth
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