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small tear in a new foam-surround repair?

which adhesive?

  • white glue

    Votes: 18 56.3%

  • contact cement

    Votes: 10 31.3%

  • crazy glue

    Votes: 1 3.1%

  • nail polish

    Votes: 3 9.4%
  • Total voters
    32
bolly

bolly

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long story short, how can I patch a small 1/8" screwdriver hole in my new surround?
 
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Hi Y B-2, I can't send it back, I installed the new surround. I have another new surround but my recent shoulder surgery makes it damn near impossible for me to do any further repairs. A friend of mine R/R my woofer for me and slipped on the 2nd to last screw. I'm just looking for something temporary untill my shoulder is better.
 
You should be able to use the glue and some liteweight material to do a temp patch until you can do an entire refoam. There is another posting on repairing cones where people said what material they used but I can't find it. Was everything from coffee filters on up.

Will not be good long term but for a quick short term patch.
 
I agree with Army, do it from behind the speaker though so it doesn't show. Just get a small dab of white glue with say a Q-Tip and put a very small coating on the back of the surround. Give it some time to dry and inspect it closely, sometimes you may have to add a second coat.
 
thanks guys for the help!

can't do it from the back dan, the woofer's already installed and I have no way of removing it currently(shoulder).
 
Bolly,
I vote white glue. I would use a siringe and close the tear with the point after you put the glue in it. Use a little at a time, let it dry then fill the hole more the second time until it is flush. You do not want to let the glue drip inside and have a little glue ball behind the surround, use just enough to seal the surround. With an 1/8th hole it should last as long as the surround itself. hopfully it is just a hole in shape of a + phillips screwdriver and can be sealed

MM
 
went with weldbond(white glue), same stuff I use for the rest of the surround

here's a pic of the patched V shaped tear. I gently lifted it and used a toothpick to apply some glue just to the sides of the surround, then used a very small paintbrush(them $25 ones...it was free!) to apply to the outside. Doesn't look pretty and I figure I'll give her a coat or two more. I'll repost another pic when she's dry.
 
I think you shoulda just been more careful in the first place :naughty: Nice patch job though, hope it works out well for ya.
 
toilet tissue is a personal fave for speaker repairs in general. I have an 'as found' speaker with a surround with a l'il tear in it... not sure what I am going to do about it yet.
 
Bolly, man you have been having a rough time lately. I shall now give you the universal southern benediction, in the hopes that somehow it'll help. I encourage all my fellow southerners to do so as well. Okay fellers, all together and with feeling, I ain't kiddin here.

*Poor ol' Bolly, Bless His Heart*

In all seriousness Bolly, I hope you're on the mend. I can sympathise with your aches and pains. Hope you get well very soon.
-Steve
 
White glue, tissue (which I've used), coffee filters - fine for cone repairs, I guess. But the surround needs to stay flexible. I'd think silicone adhesize (maybe rubber cement, too), applied as sparingly as possible would be a good choice. - Mark
 
just like that Mark

cut a small piece of papertowel, soaked her in glue...applied a small amount of glue to the surround and using tweezers....slapped that bitc* on there! :D Put a thin coat of glue overtop of the patch, we'll see what happens. A pic when she's dry...
 
I figure if she doesn't hold I might be able to dampen her off with some water, (the glue directions say it's water soluble)...and try the same procedure using rubber cement. Although I'm not too sure how soluble weldbond is once it's dry. :scratch2:
 
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