tmblack said:
If you use pure alcohol(ethanol) instead of acetone, you could use some of the natural resins like shellack, benzoin, mastix, and many others.
Shellack is farly hard and elastic, benzoin is soft and could be added as a softener, ricinus oil(stand oil) could be added as a plastiziser to make it even softer.
Benzoin smells really nice, it is actually used in some perfumes because of that.
If your speakers doesn`t sound good after treatment, it will at least smell good😀
Regards,
Peter
I am willing to dispose of the old paper cone as the whole has become
thin and torn. Perhaps all the polycarbonate from ruined CDs can be mashed to become something useful.
Never considered shellac or sofeners you mentioned.
What do others use as binders?
Tom
thin and torn. Perhaps all the polycarbonate from ruined CDs can be mashed to become something useful.
Never considered shellac or sofeners you mentioned.
What do others use as binders?
Tom
I discovered this thread a little late, but maybe I can say something on vernish.
I'm not violin maker, but I know a little bit on violin vernish because I'm violonist, I have a 18th century italian violin, and have seen and played some beautiful violin from this period included Guarneri, Stradivari, Guadagnini...
I think that most important thing in vernish is to let the body of violin to vibrate. It has not to be too hard (like a lot of german violin), the sound seems like blocked, like the wood of body cannot vibrate.
And it has not to bee too soft (some french violin, oil vernish), the sound is damped, like the vibrations of wood are absorbated by vernish.
Most of Italian (That for me and a lot of people sounds better) seems to have a vernish a little soft (your nail can penetrate it), but not too much...
It's very shematic, but hope it can help you...
Regards
Hugues
P.S. : Do someone try to put something on Full-Range Monacor SP-200X?
I'm not violin maker, but I know a little bit on violin vernish because I'm violonist, I have a 18th century italian violin, and have seen and played some beautiful violin from this period included Guarneri, Stradivari, Guadagnini...
I think that most important thing in vernish is to let the body of violin to vibrate. It has not to be too hard (like a lot of german violin), the sound seems like blocked, like the wood of body cannot vibrate.
And it has not to bee too soft (some french violin, oil vernish), the sound is damped, like the vibrations of wood are absorbated by vernish.
Most of Italian (That for me and a lot of people sounds better) seems to have a vernish a little soft (your nail can penetrate it), but not too much...
It's very shematic, but hope it can help you...
Regards
Hugues
P.S. : Do someone try to put something on Full-Range Monacor SP-200X?
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