Alternate surround repair method

mashaffer · 12th September 2006, 01:06 AM

Here is a why not quiestion for you.

I have a 10" woofer with a surround is starting to rot. This one has a surround that curves in toward the magnet rather than the more common outie configuration. So since the surround is still good enough to keep the VC centered why couldn't I glue a new surround over the existing one in the outie configuration and then remove the crumbling surround remains from the rear?

mike

pinkmouse · 12th September 2006, 01:10 AM

Well you could, but if it were my speaker, and it was getting so old that the surround was going, I'd strip it right down and clean out the gap with a bit of folded sticky tape to get out all the rubbish that has no doubt made it's way in there.

mashaffer · 12th September 2006, 03:04 AM

The sad thing is that it was never used. I bought it for a project in HS and never even got started on it. It was on sale but the car sub never became enough of a priority. I did hook it to an amp for a few minutes just to be sure that it worked but otherwise... nada. I'm not sure that it had much chance to get dirty as it sat in the box for rwenty years.

The other interesting thing is that a replacement surround will cost more than I originaly paid for the driver.

mike

12th September 2006, 01:06 AM	#1
mashaffer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indiana	Alternate surround repair method Here is a why not quiestion for you. I have a 10" woofer with a surround is starting to rot. This one has a surround that curves in toward the magnet rather than the more common outie configuration. So since the surround is still good enough to keep the VC centered why couldn't I glue a new surround over the existing one in the outie configuration and then remove the crumbling surround remains from the rear? mike

12th September 2006, 01:10 AM	#2
pinkmouse diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chatham, England	Well you could, but if it were my speaker, and it was getting so old that the surround was going, I'd strip it right down and clean out the gap with a bit of folded sticky tape to get out all the rubbish that has no doubt made it's way in there. __________________ Al I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. Charles Fort

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12th September 2006, 03:04 AM	#3
mashaffer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indiana	The sad thing is that it was never used. I bought it for a project in HS and never even got started on it. It was on sale but the car sub never became enough of a priority. I did hook it to an amp for a few minutes just to be sure that it worked but otherwise... nada. I'm not sure that it had much chance to get dirty as it sat in the box for rwenty years. The other interesting thing is that a replacement surround will cost more than I originaly paid for the driver. mike

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