Deluxe Reverb - grill cloth question

[ezyrydr]

So I have a DRRI. The grill cloth on these is very silver. I'm trying to find a grill cloth that appears more like the aged grill cloths on the vintage DRs. I just prefer that color much better.

So I'm looking for this:

as opposed to this:

 

[jonny toetags]

Mojotone has aged Fender grillcloth.
www.mojotone.com

 

[Gnarlly]

Pick up cigarette smoking.

 

[RyanFromQA]

The onle one I've found (I'm gonna use aged Silver in my upcoming project) is the one at mojo (as mentioned above). It's not that expensive, but I'd be interested in comparison shopping for different colors and prices.
http://www.mojotone.com/amp-parts/Grillcloth/Fender-Style-Aged-Black-White-Silver-Grill-Cloth-36-W

 

[muzacman]

Hey I feel for ya, I just went through the same thing with my Deluxe. I found a solution that worked great for me. I bought a piece of the aged cloth but doctored it up myself. Buy some denatured alcohol and blend in some of the brown "Tints-All" coloring to taste. I applied it directly to the cloth with a brush before installing it. The tint dried pretty quick, I just let it sit one day. The other trick is to hit the cloth with a heat gun or hair dryer to tighten it up after you have attached to the baffle. But be very careful - keep the dryer moving because you can easily burn a hole in the cloth. Try it on a scrap piece first. Here is a picture of my '67 with my "aged" speaker cloth:

Good luck with it!

 

[RyanFromQA]

The other trick is to hit the cloth with a heat gun or hair dryer to tighten it up after you have attached to the baffle. But be very careful - keep the dryer moving because you can easily burn a hole in the cloth.

That's a good tip, thanks! And if you do burn a hole in it, you just crossed the fine line from Aged, to Relic'd!