I MAY have a solution to this problem for those who would like to retain these original surrounds for whatever the reason and still be able to use the driver
It is NOT anything to do with the brake fluid fix but does employ the application of a chemical topically
I am, and have been conducting some testing with other rubber and rubber based compounds, synthetic and natural, and so far the results are good (encouraging) The only thing which remains to be seen is the long term durability of my "fix" but in and of itself it's a "one shot" cure.
I offer NO GUARANTIES except that it won't make things any worse than they already are, but so far results are encouraging on other similar materials
Currently I do not have any drivers on hand with hardened Lans-a-loy to experiment with
If anyone has an old driver, working or not (although a driver with a known good vice coil would be preferable for obvious reasons, we can test it afterwards) and would be interested in volunteering it as a guinea pig, please contact me
I can promise and assure you that I will do nothing to compromise the quality or condition of your driver's existing Lans-a-plas
If the driver is a total "beater" and has bad Lans-a-plas (white Aquaplas) to begin with then that's fine too
It's just that I have re-edged all of mine and would like to test my formula on an actual sample
Again, it it's a bad driver, that's fine too
Please, NOTHING of an exceptionally high value at this point as I am only at the testing phase
Let me know if you have any interest or volunteers
You mail the test subject to me and I will pay the postage to return the driver
Thanks