Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

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Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Sun Mar 24, 2019 7:05 am

Hello!
And again I'm here for wisdom and guidance! :)

About two months ago we went to the studio and while there would have been plenty of amps available we wanted to use our own stuff of course. So we brought our five Fender Amps with us! And while I have a protection cover for my Supersonic and the cabs I don't have one for my Vaporizer.
Long story short - it started to snow just before we arrived and within the 10 steps from the car to the door there must have been some snow flakes touching the grill cloth - which has a very light grey tone - and the wood underneath is painted black - so the wood probably got wet and the stain began to expand slightly. I didn't notice it at first but after about half an our I saw it.
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Any way to get that off again?
I'm over the idea of selling it because I actually like it quite a lot - but for aesthetical reasons I'd like to get rid of it... and in my logic wettening the stain would obly spread it/lead to more stains...
Any ideas, suggestions, experiences, solutions?
Thank you in advance!
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:13 pm

best thing i can think of is try to take off the grill and then attack it with cloth furniture cleaner
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by Fiddy » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:43 am

Did Monica Lewinsky own this amp before?
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:56 am

tribi9 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:43 am
 Did Monica Lewinsky own this amp before?
No? But I fear I don't get that joke.
... I was 9 or so when this Lewinski/Clinton affair took place - and I can't remember all of it...
but no - I tend to wear pants while playing! :fp:
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by mgeek » Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:07 am

Blimey, imagine your name still being a punchline almost 25 years after you...had sex with someone? :fp:
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Post by zhivago » Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:48 pm

I'd just buy some new grill cloth and staple-gun it back on there. 8)
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Wed Mar 27, 2019 10:54 am

zhivago wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:48 pm
 I'd just buy some new grill cloth and staple-gun it back on there. 8)
Thanks for the input. That was already my idea some time ago... + making a matching weird surf green 1x15 speaker cabinet in a similar spacey optic... to put a use for the reconed K-130 speaker that no one wants to buy off me...but the Vaporizer has no external cabinet output jack...so what's to do in this case?
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by Cpe4spd » Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:44 pm

MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:56 am
tribi9 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:43 am
 Did Monica Lewinsky own this amp before?
No? But I fear I don't get that joke.
... I was 9 or so when this Lewinski/Clinton affair took place - and I can't remember all of it...
but no - I tend to wear pants while playing! :fp:
LOL! I was thinking the same thing. Yes Ol' Bill stained her dress. She had her own line of soap called Comeclean. Ha Ha :D
Any how you'll have to take that grill off to get to it. Whether you clean or replace it :)
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! Help needed!

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:18 pm

Well there are a freaking lot of these staples...to un-and re-do. I wanted to avoid that... what if I unscrew the one speaker and put a cardboard or something alike - just to avoid contact between the wood and the grill-cloth - and use a textile cleaner and a hair-dryer on it?
Anyhow... I'll try that tomorrow! :shifty:
Thank you all for your input! If it doesn't work that way I can still call it a day and get a new grill-cloth!
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:32 am

It took a while. And I had to disassemble the whole amp... but I was successful in solving the problem without taking off the cloth!

Once the baffle was out of that weird frame I started to lay flyer (from one of our shows a week back - so with no more use) between the wood and cloth and started to work it with textile cleaner - the one stain I was after was gone - but several lighter ones came due to the concentrated foam of the cleaner. I watered it carefully and worked the whole grill with a piece cloth. No visible stains left! Mission accomplished! ;D
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by FEXII » Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:29 am

Nice one. I was worried you may have to resort to Vapoorize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpads8s5mik
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by Cpe4spd » Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:23 pm

Cool there Fuzz! Good Job! Glad it did'nt have to go to the dry cleaners Ha Ha ;)
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by higgsblossom » Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:28 pm

Can we hear a rough mix of the recordings now, please? 🙂
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:45 pm

higgsblossom wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:28 pm
 Can we hear a rough mix of the recordings now, please? 🙂
Soon! :)

In the meanwhile I can offer you this:
A live video of our newest song (first live performance of it) from our show last week!

https://youtu.be/DzhPQW9PWCI
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Re: Stain on the grill cloth?! (Solved)

Post by Horsefeather » Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:36 pm

Now why in hell does no one want a K130? That's a fantastic speaker!
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