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Preservation of vintage rubber surrounds?

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Sweet nightmares!
I want to preserve my Audex 8" drivers (circa late '70's - early 80's). Yes, they are installed in cabinets and are being used daily. :)

Someone I knew used some kind of preservative but I don't know if it was specially designed for rubber surrounds on speakers or if was more of a generic type of liquid preservative for rubber.

Does anyone have any idea what this stuff is? Or any other recommendations?

Thanks!
 
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Cool not to dry atmosphere should help prolong the life. As far as a product/treatment? Beats me. If you hear of something let me know. I have some L710 original Brauns that are very hard to come by that I would like to make sure stay nice.
 
Well I know there's something out there that does this.... if worse comes to worse, I'll try to hunt the guy down. :cool:
 
I remember when I was younger we used to buy this solution you would dip rubber-bands into (ones you would use on cheap, balsawood, twist-up flying planes). It would stop the rubber from cracking and stuff. Sounds like what you're looking for, it's the only other time I’ve heard of anything like it.
 
DO NOT apply 'Armor All' to ANYTHING, much less your speakers.

You might as well take a dump on them, your fecal matter will do LESS damage long term. Armor All will literally SUCK the moisture out of the rubber, and leave it cracked and frail. You have been warned.

Cheers,
Russ
 
WOW! I wasn't expecting that severe of a reaction to the Armor All suggestion. Why is Armor All good for saving plastic and rubber on our cars and not other applications?

Curious
 
It's not... not even for car applications. Armor All is good for making stuff LOOK better (not actually BE better, though), AS LONG as you KEEP using the Armor All. Have you ever seen a rubber or plastic part, where someone used Armor All and then quit later? Some of the worst plastic and rubber disintegration I've ever seen, was when this happened...

Been there, done that, seen that many times. Never will there be another bottle of Armor All in my house...

Regards,
Gordon.
 
Not that I'm suggesting this for use on surrounds, but I understand that STP's "Son Of A Gun" protectant won't dry out plastics the way Armor All does.

Unsubstantiated wives tale:
Armor All is nothing more than diluted Mop And Glow

Anthony
 
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/vac/dow.shtml

This stuff makes rubber & synthetic rubber last forever...


(Valve adjustment on my Honda required every 15,000mi. My gasket lasted over 100,000 miles being used over and over but coated before each reinstall, and was only replaced after someone set a cinder block on the gasket while I was doing a valve adjustment.)

We also used this stuff on gaskets on robots working in hazardous environs where untreated rubber would deteriorate within weeks. Treated gaskets lasted over a year.
 
What about the rubber renewers used for take deck pinch rollers? It seems to work well. I have used Rubber Renue from MG Chemicals for years now with good success.

I know a lot of hor-rodders in the sixties used baby oil for making rubber shine and not dry out, especially for door seals.
 
Originally posted by Manitoulin
What about the rubber renewers used for take deck pinch rollers? It seems to work well. I have used Rubber Renue from MG Chemicals for years now with good success.

I know a lot of hor-rodders in the sixties used baby oil for making rubber shine and not dry out, especially for door seals.
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Do you realize how many babies they need to sacrifice to make a single bottle of the stuff? LOL

Anthony
 
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