Comments on: S305 x2 http://solid-orange.com/313 Twistedsymphony's Playground Sun, 06 May 2012 22:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: twistedsymphony http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-1727 twistedsymphony Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:25:34 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-1727 thanks for the update... I still haven't got around to doing mine... I'll probably just leave the grills off and not even worry about them. thanks for the update… I still haven’t got around to doing mine… I’ll probably just leave the grills off and not even worry about them.

]]> By: Greg Lee http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-1726 Greg Lee Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:16:46 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-1726 The dyed grills started to get gray and splotchy after a few months, so I dyed them again. This time I used RIT liquid black dye, and I simmered them for 15 minutes in the dye mixture in a big pot on the stove. This cause the grills to increase in curvature, and one of the grills broke in getting it back on. That was 2-3 weeks ago, and again the grill cloth has turned slightly gray. They look okay now, but it didn't all go perfectly smoothly. --Greg The dyed grills started to get gray and splotchy after a few months, so I dyed them again. This time I used RIT liquid black dye, and I simmered them for 15 minutes in the dye mixture in a big pot on the stove. This cause the grills to increase in curvature, and one of the grills broke in getting it back on. That was 2-3 weeks ago, and again the grill cloth has turned slightly gray. They look okay now, but it didn’t all go perfectly smoothly.

–Greg

]]> By: twistedsymphony http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-398 twistedsymphony Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:53:21 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-398 awesome, thanks for the info I'll definitely be giving this a shot awesome, thanks for the info I’ll definitely be giving this a shot

]]> By: Greg Lee http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-397 Greg Lee Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:32:54 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-397 The grills look fine to me. I don't know whether the black would hold up under washing, but I don't intend to wash them. I don't have pictures. The grills look fine to me. I don’t know whether the black would hold up under washing, but I don’t intend to wash them. I don’t have pictures.

]]> By: twistedsymphony http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-395 twistedsymphony Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:48:34 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-395 oh no no no... I mean vinyl wrap on the cabinet instead of paint... I'm half debating just leaving the grills off, I thought you had used the dye on the knob I didn't realize you used it on the grills... did the grills take the dye well? you have any pictures? oh no no no… I mean vinyl wrap on the cabinet instead of paint… I’m half debating just leaving the grills off, I thought you had used the dye on the knob I didn’t realize you used it on the grills…

did the grills take the dye well? you have any pictures?

]]> By: Greg Lee http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-394 Greg Lee Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:37:24 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-394 Vinyl wrap would be terrible -- it would muffle the sound. I removed the grills (they pry off), dyed them with RIT as I described, and pushed them back on (after painting the speakers). By the way, I did not try to paint the well that the terminals are in. Vinyl wrap would be terrible — it would muffle the sound. I removed the grills (they pry off), dyed them with RIT as I described, and pushed them back on (after painting the speakers). By the way, I did not try to paint the well that the terminals are in.

]]> By: twistedsymphony http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-393 twistedsymphony Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:09:09 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-393 Awesome, thanks for the info... I was actually considering covering them with a matte-black self-adhesive vinyl wrap, the kind they make to cover car bodies with graphics. What did you do with the grills? or did you just leave them off? Awesome, thanks for the info… I was actually considering covering them with a matte-black self-adhesive vinyl wrap, the kind they make to cover car bodies with graphics.

What did you do with the grills? or did you just leave them off?

]]> By: Greg Lee http://solid-orange.com/313/comment-page-1#comment-391 Greg Lee Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:35:26 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/313#comment-391 I just painted mine black. 3 coats of Rust-Oleum semi-gloss black -- $5. The knob pries off and you can push it right back on after painting. Used RIT black dye boiled with 1 cup of water and some salt and detergent on stove. Applied both paint and dye with $0.89 sponge brush. I put a little stick-on label beneath the knob to remind myself which is the dipole setting. Looks fine. Sounds good. I just painted mine black. 3 coats of Rust-Oleum semi-gloss black — $5. The knob pries off and you can push it right back on after painting. Used RIT black dye boiled with 1 cup of water and some salt and detergent on stove. Applied both paint and dye with $0.89 sponge brush. I put a little stick-on label beneath the knob to remind myself which is the dipole setting.

Looks fine. Sounds good.

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