I was just curious if any of you have ever tried using RIT DYE to restore your speakers back to former glory (looks wise anyways).

I saw somewhere on here about spray dye from duplicolor but was a little nervous about taping off or trying to cover the chrome dome.

I used a little foam applicator brush and turn my oven on 170 degrees (to bake them dry 1-2 minutes tops) and applied about 3-4 coats and got them looking pretty good.

I will post pics later. Just curious if you all have ever done it. Might help someone as I was able to get right up to the "dome" and have a pretty fresh looking speaker after words..

I am making a camping radio with a spare D8444 (just sits in my garage, just got a new/used FM tuner board and I'm installing it tonight.. though it be neat to take on our camping trip and maybe generate some conversations.

Thanks for reading.

Johnny

there are a few methods some people have tried ..like shoe polish and fabric dye spray paint...i've used a wide graffiti marker with excellent results...brand i used was a Molotow in tank markers 450PI..hope this helps...

I will tell you that it is "indoor freindly" no fumes!!!

Turned out real nice, I cleaned the cabinet (I will spot paint a couple scratched areas the semi-gloss clear it), painted the speakers, replaced tuner board, and fixed the pause switch on tape deck. Completely working now (will upgrade tweeters in furtue).

RIT worked well for me, minimal streaking and nice flat fresh look.

Johnny