Puddintane
Super Member
The sides are all in nice shape. It's really just the top on the one that's scratched.
I kinda figured that would be the best course. Fix 'em right and enjoy 'em for a good, long time is the idea.
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The sides are all in nice shape. It's really just the top on the one that's scratched.
I kinda figured that would be the best course. Fix 'em right and enjoy 'em for a good, long time is the idea.
ssmith3046
Super Member
Howards is good stuff.
Puddintane
Super Member
Howard's test
So I went to Home Depot and got some Howard's Restore-a-Finish and some of the Feed-n-Wax too. I practiced first on some Pioneer CS-33s that I picked up recently at the thrift store. I used steel wool because, although they weren't scratched up too much and were already in pretty good shape (other than the dullness of age and a few nicks here and there), they did have some stubborn crusty stuff, like residue of some kind of liquid or something. There was also a 4" dia. circular mark on the top of one of the speakers that looked like ink or something that had been traced around something round. And the steel wool was just the ticket for that stuff--it wouldn't have come off with just a cloth applicator. It took a little elbow grease with the steel wool.
But the results are great, and I only did the RAF so far. What were some dull walnut cabs now look like rich, warm, oiled walnut furniture. This stuff definitely does the job. Tomorrow I'm going to test it on some big Pioneer CS-77s that have some substantial water marks from glasses (probably beer, too--the young guy I bought them from said that after inheriting them from his dad, he used them as end tables!). I'll try and take some decent before and after pics of that job and post them when I'm done. But so far, it's a definite :thmbsp::thmbsp:.
So I went to Home Depot and got some Howard's Restore-a-Finish and some of the Feed-n-Wax too. I practiced first on some Pioneer CS-33s that I picked up recently at the thrift store. I used steel wool because, although they weren't scratched up too much and were already in pretty good shape (other than the dullness of age and a few nicks here and there), they did have some stubborn crusty stuff, like residue of some kind of liquid or something. There was also a 4" dia. circular mark on the top of one of the speakers that looked like ink or something that had been traced around something round. And the steel wool was just the ticket for that stuff--it wouldn't have come off with just a cloth applicator. It took a little elbow grease with the steel wool.
But the results are great, and I only did the RAF so far. What were some dull walnut cabs now look like rich, warm, oiled walnut furniture. This stuff definitely does the job. Tomorrow I'm going to test it on some big Pioneer CS-77s that have some substantial water marks from glasses (probably beer, too--the young guy I bought them from said that after inheriting them from his dad, he used them as end tables!). I'll try and take some decent before and after pics of that job and post them when I'm done. But so far, it's a definite :thmbsp::thmbsp:.
Doug G.
Lunatic Member
Actually, those look like the original dust caps but it looks like somebody may have removed and reinstalled them in the mistaken belief that you have to shim the voice coil when refoaming.
They are at least the same as originals. The size of the caps was increased to 2.25" from the 2" caps of the original Advent Loudspeakers.
Doug
They are at least the same as originals. The size of the caps was increased to 2.25" from the 2" caps of the original Advent Loudspeakers.
Doug
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Puddintane
Super Member
Here's a pic of the dustcaps. I've never seen a replaced one, but these look like they may have been changed.
Puddintane
Super Member
I bought some surrounds from Looneytune2001 on eBay, and put them in yesterday (hopefully, I got the test tone/voice coil part right). He suggests as the last step, since the Advents are designed to be airtight, to put a thin bead around the edge of the surround on either the back or front (whichever is easiest). Since the surrounds attach to the cone on the back edge and to the front of the metal frame, is the latter the best place? It is definitely the easiest to reach.