Surround Re-Glueing

dipiazza
dipiazza Posts: 363
edited February 2008 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
What have people used to reglue a surround that has partially become detached. The surround is rubber. I was thinking some kind of hobby rubber cement?

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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited January 2008
    If the tear is clean and in the middle of the 'roll', you can use a small strip of rubber and rubber cement to patch it, just like you would patch a torn knee in your jeans.

    If the rubber is detaching from the cone or frame of the speaker, you need to do some more research into glues. Surround to cone is gonna be easier than surround to frame. Consider epoxies.
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  • dipiazza
    dipiazza Posts: 363
    edited January 2008
    Heres a few pics of what im talking about...
    Terps Swimming!
    HT Setup
    TV: Vizio VX32L
    Reciever: Pioneer VSX-D914
    HD-DVD Player: Toshiba HD-A2
    Fronts: Polk R50s
    Surounds: Polk R30s
    Center: Polk R20's
    Subwoofer: SVS 20-39PCi

    2CH Setup
    Integrated: Onix SP3 Tube
    CD Player: Sony CDP-CX355
    Speakers: Onix Strata Mini in PR Finish
    Signal Cable: Classic Speaker, Analog 1 IC

    Headphones
    Grado SR 60, Bang & Olufsen A8, Shure e3

    Other Stuff in Use
    Onix xls, Dual Onix x-subs, Onix Ref .5, Dahlquist M903, Teac A-1D, Marantz 1060
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2008
    Maybe PVC cement glue? Pretty flexible and great under preasure.
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited January 2008
    How about something to hold it down physically, instead of using glue. Maybe a ring that you can bolt down to hold the entire thing in place.

    You can try glueing it down, but you'll likely find yourself fixing it every so often(maybe once a year).
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited January 2008
    PartsExpress.com has a speaker glue that seems alot like Elmer's White Glue but it's not. I used to repair dust caps and surrounds on both polypropylene and paper/pulp cones wiith much success.
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited February 2008
    I don't really know, but I'm thinking a contact cement-type glue would be best (perhaps the rubber cement you mention). Is the metal frame painted where the surround needs to be attached? I'm interested in your experience because I've got some speaker drivers that have the rubber surrounds coming loose from the frames, but what is actually happening is that the paint on the frame is coming loose and taking the surround with it. They're cheapy drivers, but I'd still like to glue them back.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2008
    Dude go to an RC hobby shop. They have glue for gluing tires to rims on the RC trucks. Its cheap, and works great. It is the same thing as super glue. Works great. I wish I new this trick before I tossed a couple speakers that wouldn't hold up with "speaker glue".

    Edit
    Use speaker glue if the surround is foam.
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited February 2008
    Im with Ben the stuff works great ! but parts express stuff work good too they sell it with all their foam repair kits.
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