Yes and no.

Better to take of the cloth, do some handwash, let it dry, iron it  and put them on again using double side tape. Check link and  where I finished my work on the CX's this weekend!

Beautiful work.  Thank you for sharing it.  May I ask what kind of tape you use?  Is it difficult removing the fabric without damaging it?  I thought maybe I could soak the whole grill (?)

No it isn't! Quite easy to take them off. You do need some skills to recloth them though!

Type of double sided tape and clths. Read

Hi,

If they are not too bad I would say fill a bowl with a mild mix of luke warm water and common colour washing powder (or liquid). Then submerge the frets with the cloth still attached. Did this on my white CX100s and CX50s with great improvement. They were dirty but not torn in any way. After they dried the tension stayed ok without any sagging.

Otherwise I would go for a re-cloth.

Regards,

Mikael

Try option 1 first as Mikael says. Good excercise! Let your wife/girlfriend/friend do the ironing if you decide to take them of😁 

Thanks for your ideas!

I'll give the soaking a try first.  The cloth is in good shape, just a little dingy.  The worst that can happen is the cloth comes off and then I'll go the 2nd. route. If that happens I may go for new cloth.  Any thoughts on replacement cloth?  It seems like just about any kind of knit would work.

I'm using 3 CX 100's as Fronts and a center in a home theater, 2 CX 50's as rears and 2 CX 50's on the sides.  I was also stymied on how to hang the side pair of CX50's so they would sit flat against the wall (without buying the rather expensive STB brackets) and I found these at the local hardware store:  

http://www.amazon.com/CRL-NoStud-Drywall-Picture-Hanger/dp/B001Q5JZ8G

They work perfectly and can take quite a bit more weight than the CX50's.  Nothing else I tried had sufficient length to hang them at the correct angle.

gjklein wrote:

I'm using 3 CX 100's as Fronts and a center in a home theater, 2 CX 50's as rears and 2 CX 50's on the sides.  I was also stymied on how to hang the side pair of CX50's so they would sit flat against the wall (without buying the rather expensive STB brackets) and I found these at the local hardware store:  

http://www.amazon.com/CRL-NoStud-Drywall-Picture-Hanger/dp/B001Q5JZ8G

They work perfectly and can take quite a bit more weight than the CX50's.  Nothing else I tried had sufficient length to hang them at the correct angle.

Perfect! A long screw will do as well👍 Let us know about the result!

Has anyone else encountered the challenge that the CX100 woofer speaker grills do not fit in to their recesses correctly?

I have just taken off, cleaned and double sided my white covers back on (only one speaker so far).  I could not get the end of the woofer covers closets to the tweeter to pop all the way in.  So I took one of the uncovered frames and tried to insert it to see what was going on.  Even that frame did not pop all the way in.

Looking closer the section of frame in-between the 2 snap details hits the speaker's metal frame.  I loosened the speaker retention screws to see if I had mispositioned the speaker when I put it back in. There was no play.  You can get the frame to slide past the speaker by applying pressure in the mid section towards the tweeter.  However you can't do that once the cover material is in place! I am thinking this may be a small (dare I say this) design fault.

I am considering taking 1mm, or so, off the frame depth where it interferes.  Enough clearance for the snaps to engage, but still have a structural integrity.  Am I crazy?  Am I missing something?

I'll post pics when I get it done later this week.

Cheers,

Jamian

What are you lot messing about with those frets for? You do like making work for yourselves.

The glue does not appear to be water soluble so just place them right side up in the dishwasher and give them a hot wash. Works every time!

Both white and black frets come out sparkling clean and  should then be dried in a warm place.

I have never had a problem with re-fitting frets.