Cleaning Drivers

Michael8it
Michael8it Posts: 192
edited October 2011 in Vintage Speakers
I got my MW6600 drivers in the mail today that I found on craigslist. They are brown with Tobacco stains, or they have been left in a garage (really look like tobacco).

Is there anything you can use to clean these with that is safe? I don't want to ruin the rubber surrounds on these. Other than the color they work fine.

Thanks,
Carver C-1, M-500 MKII, Yamaha HTR-5835, Polk RTA 12BM's (M-for mod'd).
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited October 2011
    Some of the guys here say to use Windex. I have never used it or anything else for that matter to clean a driver though.
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited October 2011
    From what ive learned, if they work properly, your best to just leave them alone,
    Not an Audiophile, just a dude who loves music, and decent gear to hear it with.
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  • Michael8it
    Michael8it Posts: 192
    edited October 2011
    Thanks. Windex did a good job. I think I will leave it at that.
    Carver C-1, M-500 MKII, Yamaha HTR-5835, Polk RTA 12BM's (M-for mod'd).
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited October 2011
    The drivers can turn brown simply from age/oxidation. Clean with Windex, as you did, every once in awhile. Use a soft, lint free cotton cloth and always wipe in a circle. Make sure you clean the rubber surrounds as well.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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