painting a subwoofer

it sounds like you haven't painted much with spray cans. So this may seem a little "long winded" but its the best way I have found to do spray can painting/fine detailing. the frame of the sub & the magnet structure would be fine to paint.. what I ahve done is take the soft Blue Scott Shop towels (very little lint) & CAREFULLY tuck them into the speaker frame between the frame & the cone. Be carefull around the tinsel leads & the spider/voicecoil area... Avoid using tape except against the back sides of the speaker frame itself. Use a red(medium) or white(fine) scotch-brite scuiff pad. scuff the speaker frame, then clean with wax & grease remover ON A TOWEL do not pour the liquid on the speaekr frame itself. On the magnet where the sticker likely is.. try to peel as much of the stocker off as you can. Use wax & grease remover to get all the sticky stuff from the sticker/label. The scuff the magnet like the frame. If the Magnet has a rubber protector around the magnet, pry it off with a small flat screw driver. scuff it all up, wax/grease remover... let is air dry...about 15 minutes... lay the woofer cone down on the bench/table. now wipe it down one more time. Use Krylon, SEM, or Duplicolor. They seem to have better mixes that seem to fight fish eyes better, as far as spray cans go. Start off with a VERY light dust coat... literally it should look like dust or little specs of the color you chose. Then each coat (3-4) should be slightly heavier, but never thick.. let each coat dry about 10-15 minutes. Be patient... if you go to fast you will get runs or it will lift/peel... Also, always spray in the same pattern each time... Start at the magnet & work down to the basket ending at the mounting flange.. this way the overspray/dust won't cloud the upper section fo the part you are painting. Same priniciples apply to painting Amp chassis/heatsinks, pretty much anything... Good luck, hope that helps RobMECP Sales/Install

IASCA/NACA/CAN Cert. Install & SQ judge

hmmm.. I missed that part.. LOL I would look in your local yellow pages for Electronic or Speaker repairs. There are shops that can rebuild woofers for home/pro-audio... they have just plain black dust caps. They can remove the JBL dust cap & glue a plain black cap on... the caps are like $1 a piece... all different sizes, that would be the BEST option... from there... silly as it sounds: Sharpie or Marks-a-Lot black magic marker & do the whole cap. Or take some Rit Fabric Dye (brand name) in black... use one of those foam edging brushes for painting & staining... & carefully dab the dye onto the entire dust cap. I have had good luck restoring older dust caps this way. good luck RobMECP Sales/Install

IASCA/NACA/CAN Cert. Install & SQ judge

just do very light coats & you should be fine. If you can find it use vinyl/upholstry dye instead of paint if you ahve it there. RobMECP Sales/Install

IASCA/NACA/CAN Cert. Install & SQ judge

spray it.... it wont rattle off.