Reference one refoam tips

[Steve Smiley]

Infinity folk! I just picked up my first pair, starting small.

A pair of Reference One from the local Salvation Army, going out of business. I ordered new foam surrounds but I wonder if anyone has any tips for getting the plastic trim rings off without damaging them, or at least keeping them in one piece. Any help would be appreciated!

Steve

 

[goodolpg]

Seems like I've seen it mentioned that using a flat putty knife (or maybe a plastic flat blade of some sort to avoid damaging the cabinet) along with a heat gun can help with removing those trim rings.

ADDED--- cut and paste this in Google or what ever search engine you use, I got several results:

removing trim rings from Infinity speakers audiokarma

 

[Steve Smiley]

Thank you for the tip, I'll give it a shot. Surrounds arrive next week. I'll post if I learn anything new.

Regards!

 

[CDELON]

This tool has worked beautifully over the years for speaker rebuilds.