Greetings, all,

I was recently lucky enough to pick up a pair of Beovox S45 speakers at a local sale.  They are my first Bang & Olufsen equipment.  I am impressed.  Very sweet sounding speakers for their size.  The cabinets and drivers are in great shape.  The grill cloth is a bit dirty and needs some minor cleaning, but that is not the problem I am writing about.

The speaker grills are made of formed plastic of some sort, with the cloth stretched over the plastic, folded under the edges, and glued on the back side of the plastic front grill.  The adhesive that bonds the cloth covering to the back of the plastic grill has failed in areas.  This has caused the cloth to pull back and unfold from the grill edges, and it sticks out the side of the speaker in spots.  It detracts from what is such a nice, clean design.

 Any thoughts on what would be a good adhesive to use to re-fasten the cloth to the back of the grill?  In my limited experience, adhesives that work well on cloth don't usually work well on plastic, so I am looking for suggestions.

Thank you in advance.    Jim Matthiessen   

Welcome to Beoworld !

This is a very common thing to see.
I use normal contact glue, it will hold fine to the plastic frame.
A thin line of glue on the back of the frame, stretch the cloth gently, making
it fit nicely, press it into the glue and use cloth pegs to hold it while the glue sets.
Put some cardboard or similar between the pegs and the cloth
to avoid the pegs leaving "teethmarks" on the front side.

Martin

Same as Martin - I use contact adhesive (Evostick in the UK - the choice of glue sniffers!). Use it as you would normal glue ie:- no need to coat both the frame and the fabric as the instructions on the glue will suggest. It will stick very quickly.

Chris.

Martin, Chris:

 Thank you for the speedy replies!!  Much appreciated.  I will get some contact adhesive and give it a try.  I also liked the hints about protecting the cloth in the front from being marred by clamps.  I probably would have overlooked that.

 I don't know what it is about these S45's, but they really make listening to music FUN again.  I have played some of my old favorites, and they just sound new and fresh.

 Thank you again.

Jim Matthiessen

The pleasure is all ours Jim,

                                        the "S" series of speakers are often overlooked, but in my personal opinion are excellent speakers and much better than many new offerings from the mass market producers (the S45's are particularly good). I cannot believe how cheaply they can be bought these days. I have no idea how technically minded you are, but it would also be very worthwhile replacing the capacitors in the crossovers, the improvemnet is quite pronounced.

I'm glad you are also a fan as they are not only technically excellent but also built by craftsmen - something which is sadly lacking nowadays with most manufacturing.

Chris.