Electro-Voice® Zx3 Owner’s Manual
Painting Zx3 Speaker Systems
Painting a Zx3 Enclosure
The Zx3 Loudspeaker Enclosures are made of a high performance Polypropylene material. For best paint
adhesion, we recommend a “Plastic Adhesion Promoter” be applied before any paint. Sherwin Williams
Plastic Adhesion Promoter UP07226 is a good example (See Telex document number LIT000066-000 for
further details.) Once Plastic Adhesion Promoter is applied follow the manufacturer’s painting directions
as you would normally.
Painting a Zx3 Grille
Remove grille from loudspeaker and remove the backing material & logo from grille prior to painting. Once
the paint is dry, reapply the backing material and logo to the grille. Spray adhesive such as 3M Super 77
may help adhere the backing material to the grille.
Additional Precautions to be Taken
Prior to painting, be sure to take precautions not to get paint into the transducers. This can be done by
masking the grille, temporarily removing the grille and masking the transducers, or by temporarily removing
the grille and temporarily removing the transducers. Precautions must also be taken not to get paint into
any exposed electrical components by masking them off prior to painting. It is also recommended that any
exposed rigging points, warning labels, or instruction labels be masked off for ease of future operation.
Figure 13:
Painting the Zx3 Enclosure
Rigging Points Masked
Enclosure
Grille Masked
WARNING: It is critical to the system’s operation
that all transducers and exposed electrical
components be masked off prior to painting.
14
