what do you clean your speakers with?

begbie

Had a chance to read the manual for the new rti70. It mentioned not to use furniture polish to clean the speakers. Instead to use a damp cloth.
I for one have used "endust" which works great on the rt800i's.
What gives though? Maybe polk just wanted to play it safe.

Btw, the new manual is thinner than my toilet paper. The speaker build quality looks like two steps forward but one step back. My
two cents anyway. I'm sure the sound quality will come through
and that's where it counts.

joe logston

i know they cant use oil base finnishs no more, it a water base or a vinal finnish on the speaters now. so you are not to use oil, alcochal,or thinner base cleaners. see if end dust is water base cleaner.

juice21

i just dust mine with a cloth. do it often enough and it seems to work fine. i use compressed air in a can to get around the speakers and the grilles, works great...

johnnyamerika

I have just a feathery duster thing...but I've used compressed air before too, works real good. For cleaning I'd just use water.

CHRIS

A damp rag and vacuum the grilles as neded.

goingganzo

the olny thing i hate is that the finger prints stand out on my speakers but i can tell when some one tuches them. i just use a damp rag

Steve@3dai

The LSi's shiney finish is real bad about fingerprints.

Luckily it's just me in the apartment

- Steve

lax01

I use those things that "magnetically" pick up dust. They are soft cloths that work well. For inside (grille, and actual speakers), compressed air is the only way to fly.

BTW, how do you like the new RTi series? We want a full review!

kanicker

When I want my speakers clean I use a flute and oompa loompas.

Seriously though: is it my location or does it seem like speakers attract dust? I use a Professor FluffNDust every few days to keep them clean.

Yes, I know... freak.

rskarvan

I've got the old coated paper woofers in the Monitor and SDA series. These attract driver dust like there is no tomorrow.

Here is what I've learned. The center dust protector is glued on by Polk. Over time, the glue oxides with the air and the drivers develop a very ugly white ring. Dilute amonia (Windex) works great in removing this white (looks charred) ring.

Now, the rubber woofer "foam replacement" needs some attention too. A rag lightly dampened with "Armor All" works great in bringing aging rubber back to shiney-new condition.

The coated woofers (on a pair of 13 yo CRS's) were horribly dust encased. I used a little windex to remove the bulk of the dust.
Then, I used the "Armor All" to completely remove all the rest of the dust. They look much, much better now. Originally, they were mighty ugly.

As far as the nice oak wood on the SDA's, furniture polish works fine. That wood needs it to look its best.

My Monitor 10's and CRS's are black. I've used a black sharpy to improve the finish of nicks that the speakers have accumulated over the years (while in someone elses possession).

stu4now

I use the good ole vacuem with hose -n- brush attachment then wipe the cab. with endust for electronics (blue can) I noticed a big difference on my TV a couple of years ago with the endust (doesnt stop all dust from sticking but it helps) so now i use it on anything electronic.........................ok not my toaster but........

ntculenuff

spray the electronics with compressed air then i use the kirby hose and brush for getting the dust off the speaker grills and around the electronics, and on the t.v. except the screen. use pledge for the cabinets and windex sprayed on a soft cloth for the screen and the out side of electronics and speakers. i will have to try the end dust

As/400

why, my tounge of course

begbie

The endust bottle says no wax and no silicone. Is it still safe? Probably so since I've been using it for 2 years. Btw., it's the yellow bottle and not the anti-static blue one.

gidrah

Linseed oil.