477 MAX - Speaker grill cloth

[petercraig]

Hi Folks,

I have a  brown 477, which my friend and I have been restoring, we have the internals working and it is now time to get the outsides looking good. The poor thing was in a neighbors garage for 30 odd years and has gotten very dirty and a little bashed in the process. 

What I am needing help with is the material covering the speaker grills. It is very faded, terribly dirty and unfortunately is damaged in places. I would like to keep the original look, so was wondering if there is anywhere I could source original or reproduction material with the original geometric pattern? preferably UK, as that is where I am, but would be interested in any leads anywhere.

Any advice would be gratefully received

Thanks 


PS Also any advice on how to revive existing cloth would be welcome.

[jukenorman]

Hi Peter,
Some plain speaker cloth and paint it? You can find tutorials on-line on fabric painting. That's the best I can come up with, I'm afraid.

Norman.

[petercraig]

Thanks for the feedback, wish there was a place that did them, but as you suggested it might be time to get the paint brushes out.