Painting Triad Grills (1 Viewer)

[Luke_Y]

Looking for some advice on painting the grills and frames on my Triad In-Wall Silver 4 Surround Speakers.

Let me elaborate on my situation- They are installed. Although beautiful, Triad grills are quite delicate (so much so that Triad wont accept returns). In my last house I had a set installed and tried to remove the grills later for painting, resulting in the grills creasing and having to order new ones (they are not cheap so I would like to avoid that this time). The speakers I have now are hand me downs from my brother. When he took them out of his wall he was extremely careful and still bent/creased the grills. I luckily got them for the cost of new grills

So... Have I told you how delicate the grills are and how much I don't want to remove them

Any opinions on how they would turn out if I painted them installed? The frame is no problem but I am worried about the grill. If i used a fairly dry brush do you think it would work out OK? How about a sponge brush?

Looking forward to some input.

 

[Kevin G.]

I am assuming they are metal, maybe alluminum? Plastic?
Not fabric covered?
If so, I wouldn't even waste time with brushing...
spray 'em. lightly scuff with a scotch brite pad and spray paint them.
Results will be much more clean, even, and gratifying

 

[Luke_Y]

Kevin, Thanks for the input. Yes they are metal.

I've no doubt that spraying would be the best option but am afraid to ruin another set of grills removing them. I wish I still had some of the old bent grills to practice on and see how they would turn out.