Advice on Painting the Paintable Speakers
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I've received my Paintable Speakers but just want to check if there is any recomendations on how to do this with the: - White Primed MDF based M80s - Raw Plastic M3 In Wall
Also can you paint the Grill Cloths? I've seen some posts around saying to use with a watered down mix that is either dabbed on by sponge or airbrushed on (with a can of air to unblock any bits if needed).
Thanks nathan
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Hi Nathan,
Debbie and Jamie did figure out how to paint the grille cloth without changing its acoustical transparency (we checked in the chamber). I will ask them to send you the detail on how they did it.
Ian Colquhoun President & Chief Engineer
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I painted 4 of the paintable on-wall M3s just this past spring. If you look at my theater build thread and go towards the end, I start talking about it, and show several pictures as I went through the process. Nick's v4 Build Thread Go to post #417781 which was on 03/16/2016 for my first talk about it. Looking back, it worked out great, however I was trying to match my ceiling's flat paint, which is prone to scratching for the first several days. If I wasn't trying to match my ceiling color, I would have gone with a satin enamel paint maybe. Something with a hardener in it, a little more sheen to the look, etc. It would be a lot more durable. I used a HVLP sprayer, which was easy to use and gave a great even coat. I went for an ever so slight texture, but a little Floetrol in the paint would yield a smooth finish. I can't speak to the ability to paint the cloth grills though, as I left mine black... Before: After (and mounted): I wish that I had more close ups of the finished product, but these were snagged from my post. Here is a close up of one of the backs showing the super fine texture that I wanting.
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Looks great and thanks for responding. Couple of Q: 1) Did you paint straight on the "paintable white" surface 2) Did you remove the drivers, etc prior to painting (or mask them?
Thanks Nathan
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If you click on the link that I had in my response(I called th e link "Nick's v4 Build Thread"), then just move forward through the topic and just look for the pictures. The link will take you right to where I ordered by paintable speakers, so you don't have to search hard.
But yes, I just did a super light sanding of the white primer, and then painted right onto it. I did remove the drivers and everything. I even have pictures in the topic showing some of this.
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Thanks - Read through. Lots of good info and I hope mine will work out the same!
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