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March 13, 2005
panty hose speaker fix
The Bad Kitties scratched up our speakers. Mark tried gluing the fabric back on, but it looked pretty bad. So we came up with this fix. Buy some regular black Queen-size nylons (not control top). Snap off the cover of the speakers, as well as any logos that are on top of the existing fabric. Remove the existing fabric. Cut a leg off the hose, then cut the foot off that. Stretch over the cover. Fold the extra hose around to the back and hot glue in place. If you're lucky, the hot glue will also melt off the extra fabric, but if it doesn't, cut off the excess. We added another layer of hose for extra opacity. (We thought about using black tights instead of 2 layers of nylons, but I think tights are not stretchy enough. I was worried they would bend the flimsy plastic frame.) Snap the logo back on through the hose, then replace the cover on the speaker. Our cover has little prongs on the back that we had to poke through the hose to snap it back together. You can't even tell that we did anything. It looks really good.
Posted under Projects with Instructions at March 13, 2005 02:01 PM
Comments
Thanks for the great idea! We have a little certain someone who's been sharpening on ours too. Ingenious! :D
Posted by: cheryl at March 13, 2005 07:13 PM
Very ingenious solution! Well done - it looks great!
Posted by: kelly at March 14, 2005 10:37 AM