Thundernotes Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Never had to do one before - I have a speaker that has a small hole maybe 1/8" (3mm) across right on the part where the cone meets the surround. Will something flexible like rubber cement hold up?
SteveB Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Never had to do one before - I have a speaker that has a small hole maybe 1/8" (3mm) across right on the part where the cone meets the surround. Will something flexible like rubber cement hold up? slip with the screwdriver did ya?
Feynman Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Good chance to just drill a few more and throw a Kahler on it.
Thundernotes Posted January 20, 2009 Author Posted January 20, 2009 Never had to do one before - I have a speaker that has a small hole maybe 1/8" (3mm) across right on the part where the cone meets the surround. Will something flexible like rubber cement hold up? slip with the screwdriver did ya? No, I'm rebuilding a Kendrick that a friend was using for parts to keep his other amps going. ( ) When he slapped this nice greenframe speaker into it, he squished one of the loose reverb cables against the baffle and caused the hole.
murkat Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 clear nail polish and bounty paper towel material. apply on both sides of cone.
Punkavenger Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 My amptech used clear GE silicone to repair the 10" bass speaker he gave me ... speaker works great!
kenjones Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 In his first video, Gerald Weber uses a paper towel and Elmer's glue to repair a long crack. He pulls apart the two-ply paper towel to make the material very thin. After it dries he spray paints the area of the speaker flat black.
lonote049 Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 My amptech used clear GE silicone to repair the 10" bass speaker he gave me ... speaker works great!I have done this too. It worked perfectly for me.
Jimbilly Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 I have had excellent results with RTV Silcone gasket sealer, I buy it from Napa auto parts. I repaired a couple of tears in the speakers in my Ampeg VT-40 when I bought it used in 1985, the repairs are still holding up perfectly. I like it because it stays flexible when dry, and it soaks into the paper nicely. I've repaired a number of speakers since then. That's the stuff IMO.
princeofdarkness56 Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Didn't guys back in the day actually put holes in the speakers with pencils to get a distorted sound from it. If it was ok for the Kinks and a few others maybe leave it old school.
Thundernotes Posted January 22, 2009 Author Posted January 22, 2009 Didn't guys back in the day actually put holes in the speakers with pencils to get a distorted sound from it. If it was ok for the Kinks and a few others maybe leave it old school. I would, were it not for the location of the hole. I get a feeling that further tearing would be hard to stop.
BadgerDave Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 I've done the paper towel and Elmer's repair on small tears. It works Perfectly so long as the tear is limited to the paper cone and there isn't any cone material missing.
santellavision Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Didn't guys back in the day actually put holes in the speakers with pencils to get a distorted sound from it. If it was ok for the Kinks and a few others maybe leave it old school. That is the story of the 60's hit "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. They trashed a speaker along with using a fuzz box to get that extra ratty tone. I LOVE that tone!
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