DangerBoy
Active Member
Hi everyone,
I'm out at my cabin, a long ways from the nearest hardware store. I have a pair of PSB Image 2B speakers out here that have started to make loud rattling noises from the woofers. I didn't see it when I looked before but I saw it today when I looked at them when music was playing through them and what's happened is the surrounds are becoming unglued from the plastic housing that mounts to the cabinet. The woofers and the bezel that mounts them to the cabinets are all sort of one piece and the cone surrounds are just glued to the bezels - or at least they were. The surrounds are both in excellent condition, they just need to be re-glued to the bezels. The surrounds appear to be some sort of rubber, not foam. I think they may be Butyl rubber.
I'm supposed to leave here early early tomorrow morning, I've got lots of cleaning and packing to do before then and I don't have 2 hours to drive to the nearest hardware store and back with glue so I've got to figure out which of the glues here that I've got will likely work the best for this application. I don't want to ruin the speakers though so I need to choose carefully or do nothing at all and try to fix them the next time I'm out. I've got renters coming in a few weeks and I wasn't planning on coming back before then since it's a 400 mile trip here from home. I'd really like for these speakers to be available for the renters to use so I'd really like to get these things fixed and operational today if I can.
I have several types of glues here but out of them all, I think these might be the best choices:
Seal-All (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Seal-Al...PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-203630404-_-203630516-_-N) It is a quick drying contact cement with MEK and acetone in it. Apparently its not recommended for use on Styrofoam, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene or polypropylene plastics.
Clear Silicone sealant
I might have some Marine Goop but I can't seem to find it right now. It probably went hard in the tube and I threw it away.
Other choices are Gorilla Glue, 5 min and 24 hour Epoxy, JB Weld and JB Kwik Weld and Marine Tex.
My best guess is the Seal-All is the best of what I've got. Would that be okay? Will the MEK degrade the surround material?
TIA!
I'm out at my cabin, a long ways from the nearest hardware store. I have a pair of PSB Image 2B speakers out here that have started to make loud rattling noises from the woofers. I didn't see it when I looked before but I saw it today when I looked at them when music was playing through them and what's happened is the surrounds are becoming unglued from the plastic housing that mounts to the cabinet. The woofers and the bezel that mounts them to the cabinets are all sort of one piece and the cone surrounds are just glued to the bezels - or at least they were. The surrounds are both in excellent condition, they just need to be re-glued to the bezels. The surrounds appear to be some sort of rubber, not foam. I think they may be Butyl rubber.
I'm supposed to leave here early early tomorrow morning, I've got lots of cleaning and packing to do before then and I don't have 2 hours to drive to the nearest hardware store and back with glue so I've got to figure out which of the glues here that I've got will likely work the best for this application. I don't want to ruin the speakers though so I need to choose carefully or do nothing at all and try to fix them the next time I'm out. I've got renters coming in a few weeks and I wasn't planning on coming back before then since it's a 400 mile trip here from home. I'd really like for these speakers to be available for the renters to use so I'd really like to get these things fixed and operational today if I can.
I have several types of glues here but out of them all, I think these might be the best choices:
Seal-All (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Seal-Al...PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-203630404-_-203630516-_-N) It is a quick drying contact cement with MEK and acetone in it. Apparently its not recommended for use on Styrofoam, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene or polypropylene plastics.
Clear Silicone sealant
I might have some Marine Goop but I can't seem to find it right now. It probably went hard in the tube and I threw it away.
Other choices are Gorilla Glue, 5 min and 24 hour Epoxy, JB Weld and JB Kwik Weld and Marine Tex.
My best guess is the Seal-All is the best of what I've got. Would that be okay? Will the MEK degrade the surround material?
TIA!
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The speakers sound great and no longer buzz/rattle even when playing my most bass heavy stuff. Fat Freddy's drop (excellent band from New Zealand) no problem! Now I can truly appreciate the way those speakers sound with the capacitor modifications I made. I will cover that in a new thread. For less than 50 bucks I transformed a pair of speakers I paid $120 for used into a set that I would contend sounds on par with something that costs several hundred and maybe even as much as $1.000. I'm REALLY impressed with these speakers! 