armor all on speaker

berman95

I had my truck detailed, and noticed that the door speakers have armor all on the cones. The speakers are in the original factory location which only have a wide grill covering them. I guess he just oversprayed the armor all and it got into the grills. Anyone know if this will hurt the speakers or if I can just not worry about it?

madmax

I have never worried about it because it is going to happen whether you worry about it or not. I notice that armour all evaporates (unlike an oil) which should be equal to getting a mist of water on them. Even the old plain paper cones lasted for 10 years or more with moisture and sun fade so I think the newer cones would have no problems. I would worry more about putting a shield behind the speaker to stop water from dripping on the back of the cone. That is a real problem for many vehicles. You can buy flexable cups that you insert behind the speaker to eliminate the water problem. If you are still worried about getting stuff on the front of the cone you can put a very fine cloth mesh over the front of the speaker (behind the door cover or grill) and it will act as a filter and catch anything sprayed into it. You can check for opinions in the car audio section as well.
madmax

rskarvan

I used an armor-all equivalent to protect the butyl surrounds on my old Monitor and SDA series. It works good for this application. Actually, I even carefully wiped the old drivers with a cotton ball soaked in the stuff. It cleaned off a decade of dust and brought back their new-look appearance.

I've also used Windex (w/amonia) to clean the white rings from the center felts. Evidently, the adhesives oxidize with time and the amonia makes them black again.

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with using a little armor all on drivers to help protect against oxidation.