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Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
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Fox's Mercantile
Guest
On 10/9/19 5:29 PM, tubeguy@myshop.com wrote:
Use a flexible glue and tea bag paper.
Do NOT use any of the silicon rubber based glues.
--
"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
WA6FWi
http:foxsmercantile.com
Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
Use a flexible glue and tea bag paper.
Do NOT use any of the silicon rubber based glues.
--
"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
WA6FWi
http:foxsmercantile.com
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gregz
Guest
<tubeguy@myshop.com> wrote:
Use Aleen's Tacky Glue with tissue placed on rear for best look. Elmers
Shool or Glue-all will also work on center portion. Aleen's is flexible and
I think Glue-All is flexible, not School Glue.
Greg
Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
Use Aleen's Tacky Glue with tissue placed on rear for best look. Elmers
Shool or Glue-all will also work on center portion. Aleen's is flexible and
I think Glue-All is flexible, not School Glue.
Greg
Guest
On Wednesday, 9 October 2019 23:29:52 UTC+1, tub...@myshop.com wrote:
ISTR using record sleeves long ago for the paper. Re glue it needs to be a bit flexible, but not too floppy like silicone.
NT
Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
ISTR using record sleeves long ago for the paper. Re glue it needs to be a bit flexible, but not too floppy like silicone.
NT
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Stephen Wolstenholme
Guest
On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:29:49 -0500, tubeguy@myshop.com wrote:
Years ago I mended a speaker cone with soft cloth glued on with
Evostick.
Steve
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http://www.npsnn.com
Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
Years ago I mended a speaker cone with soft cloth glued on with
Evostick.
Steve
--
http://www.npsnn.com
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pfjw@aol.com
Guest
There are many different kinds of cones, and each type has different options.
For run-of-the-mill AA5 speaker (cheap), they usually crack rather than tear. A soft-set hot-melt glue across the tear usually does it. Do a zig-zag first, then cover the tear completely. Hotter the better, so the glue soaks into the paper. By the way, there is nothing wrong with hot-melt glue with silicon admixtures if applied hot enough. Other than the cost. And of one uses archival-grade glues, oxidation is greatly reduced. It's only money - and six sticks will do, likely, 120 speakers, so the cost-per is minimal.
https://www.gaylord.com/Preservation/Conservation-Supplies/Adhesives/Thermogrip-6363-Hot-Melt-Adhesive-(6-Pack)/p/636315
Most cone paper is very hard to retain rigidity in use. What goes back needs to be able to accommodate the hard paper so as not to tear again on the seams.
This stuff is ideal:
https://www.amazon.com/Lightweight-Non-Woven-Fusible-Interlining-Fabric/dp/B00P1J8IJU?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3
And a lifetime supply for a few bucks is not hard to take.
None of these beat professional reconing, but many applications are not worthy of that expense
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
For run-of-the-mill AA5 speaker (cheap), they usually crack rather than tear. A soft-set hot-melt glue across the tear usually does it. Do a zig-zag first, then cover the tear completely. Hotter the better, so the glue soaks into the paper. By the way, there is nothing wrong with hot-melt glue with silicon admixtures if applied hot enough. Other than the cost. And of one uses archival-grade glues, oxidation is greatly reduced. It's only money - and six sticks will do, likely, 120 speakers, so the cost-per is minimal.
https://www.gaylord.com/Preservation/Conservation-Supplies/Adhesives/Thermogrip-6363-Hot-Melt-Adhesive-(6-Pack)/p/636315
Most cone paper is very hard to retain rigidity in use. What goes back needs to be able to accommodate the hard paper so as not to tear again on the seams.
This stuff is ideal:
https://www.amazon.com/Lightweight-Non-Woven-Fusible-Interlining-Fabric/dp/B00P1J8IJU?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3
And a lifetime supply for a few bucks is not hard to take.
None of these beat professional reconing, but many applications are not worthy of that expense
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
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amdx
Guest
On 10/9/2019 5:29 PM, tubeguy@myshop.com wrote:
How about just reconing it, it's not difficult.
Mikek
Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
How about just reconing it, it's not difficult.
Mikek
Guest
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:51:11 -0500, amdx <nojunk@knology.net> wrote:
Its an old 8 inch speaker that I got in a box of electronic odds n ends
at an auction. It probably came from an old consel stereo. The tears are
from being abused during handling, not a dried up cone. Its the old
black paper. I was going to remove the fairly large magnet and toss the
rest of it. But I connected it to a radio and even with the torn cone it
had good sound. So I decided to repair it.
Due to availability of glues, I used Elmers rubber cement with toilet
paper strips. It's solid now, and has good sound. Ill probably hang it
on the wall above my bench for a test speaker. It sounds much better
than the 4 inch table radio spkr that I have been using.
On 10/9/2019 5:29 PM, tubeguy@myshop.com wrote:
Looking for tips on speaker cone repair.
Years ago, I used rubber cement and toilet paper on the rips. Any better
suggestions?
How about just reconing it, it's not difficult.
Mikek
Its an old 8 inch speaker that I got in a box of electronic odds n ends
at an auction. It probably came from an old consel stereo. The tears are
from being abused during handling, not a dried up cone. Its the old
black paper. I was going to remove the fairly large magnet and toss the
rest of it. But I connected it to a radio and even with the torn cone it
had good sound. So I decided to repair it.
Due to availability of glues, I used Elmers rubber cement with toilet
paper strips. It's solid now, and has good sound. Ill probably hang it
on the wall above my bench for a test speaker. It sounds much better
than the 4 inch table radio spkr that I have been using.
J
Jeff Urban
Guest
>How about just reconing it, it's not difficult.
It is a mater of getting the cone. And the voice coil has to match. Either that or you got a hell of alot more work to do.
It is a mater of getting the cone. And the voice coil has to match. Either that or you got a hell of alot more work to do.