Resurrounding - Clarification

[soundmotor]

Resurrounding: Step by Step (http://audioheritage.csdco.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=469)

I just scraped down the cones on my 116H's and even though the foam is gone off the back, there is still a residual stickiness. When do you stop scraping & call it a day? My main concern is, will this affect the adhesion of the glue?

[jims]

If you've gotten off all the loose material, i.e., the "pills" that form when scraping or rubbing off the old foam, you are good. You won't get all the sticky substance off without getting into the cone.
I prefer to use two applications of the white glue supplied with the refoam kits. The first absorbs readily and the second remains wet longer, allowing a little more time to position the surround before the glue sets.

[soundmotor]

If you've gotten off all the loose material, i.e., the "pills" that form when scraping or rubbing off the old foam, you are good. You won't get all the sticky substance off without getting into the cone.
I prefer to use two applications of the white glue supplied with the refoam kits. The first absorbs readily and the second remains wet longer, allowing a little more time to position the surround before the glue sets.

Thank you for the details.

That makes sense.

[morbo!]

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i have four drivers here now at 20$each not including parts but thats for a good friend who will get me lots more work.
do any of you other guys make a living this way?
by the level of knowledge here i would guess so!
thanks so much for all the freely given info here and you all seem to have a pretty good sense of humor too
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i had one dealer here who sold kits untill he found out it was a dali speaker then he wouldn`t sell it to me saying that he knew the speakers well and the whole thing would lightly be suffering corrosion and wanted me to sent it to him for assement ffs it needed a new foam
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MORBO!

[boputnam]

I just scraped down the cones on my 116H's and even though the foam is gone off the back, there is still a residual stickiness. When do you stop scraping & call it a day? My main concern is, will this affect the adhesion of the glue?You can give the cone edge a couple of careful wipes with a rag soaked in MEK. That should dissolve the residual glue.

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