Replacement Grill Cloth

[Ben Erickson]

Does anyone know where to locate this EH Scott style of grill cloth?   

[Brad Winder]

https://www.richmonddesignsinc.com/grille_cloth_page_sizes_18_x_24_...

It's not a perfect copy of the original Scott "Aztec" cloth, but I think it looks good. There have been other copies made through the years, but are no longer available .

[David C. Poland]

Richmond's weave pattern is decent, but was only about 2/3rd size of the correct scale. And used only 2 colors, rather than 3 colors, including originally a rose color thread. For now, wait for one of the earlier repos to show up or for someone to reproduce it again.

[Ben Erickson]

Richmond Design is out of this pattern and is not making any more

[Ben Erickson]

Would there be much demand if the original fabric was reproduced?

[Russ Webb]

Grill cloth Headquarters did offer this pattern up till the business closed about 10 years ago. So there was some and people bought enough of it that he revised the pattern (better) at least once. It is a difficult pattern to reproduce.

[Brad Winder]

Maybe we could talk with Michael Katz about doing this pattern?

[Russ Webb]

That would be the best Idea. We need to find a good sample. I have the original pics from GCHQ web site. But they probably won't help much. Just DON'T use an example from Richmond D.

[Ben Erickson]

I have a. Good sample but Michael did not think much demand for this pattern

[Kent King]

Over the years, 3 different people have reproduced the Scott "Aztec" pattern, and all gave up because there is not enough demand. I don't mean to be discouraging, but this has been an issue for over 25 years. 

If your set cloth is even remotely decent - SAVE IT. A small tear or bad spot is livable - these sets are 90+ years old, they show wear. I only replace cloth that is absolutely unserviceable.

Kent

[Norman S Braithwaite]

I'm not convinced there is a demand problem.  All reproduction runs have sold out in reasonable time with the original supplier producing and selling out of three runs.  I believe the issue is more along the lines of the complexity of reproducing the pattern and need to get it right.  The pattern was also used in some Stewart Warner radios around 1936 and in some musical instrument equipment.

Norman

[Kent King]

t different times, both John O and Kenny told me sales were too sporadic and they had so much tied up in the production, they needed to recoup their costs and get out. Demand may be sufficient but I don't think it is steady. And yes, the production costs are steep for a high quality product.

Norman S Braithwaite said:

I'm not convinced there is a demand problem.  All reproduction runs have sold out in reasonable time with the original supplier producing and selling out of three runs.  I believe the issue is more along the lines of the complexity of reproducing the pattern and need to get it right.  The pattern was also used in some Stewart Warner radios around 1936 and in some musical instrument equipment.

Norman

[Scott Seickel]

Kenny seemed to sell an awful lot of it.  I used it once.  It was OK, but not for my keeper sets.  I have a bunch of the older reproduction cloths that look much better, but they did not come cheap.