[Boatanchors] Speaker repair
J. Forster
jfor at quikus.com
Sun Jan 15 15:59:21 EST 2012
Once doped, I doubt water would do much. Planes I built with it are intact
after over 50 years.
-John
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> That paper was called "silkspan". It worked better when it was sprayed
> with water and then left to dry. That pulled the covering taught. Then,
> "dope" was applied.
>
> I would be very hesitant to use this on a speaker because if the humidity
> went up there might be a possibility of the paper shrinking and distorting
> the speaker's cone.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> Website: http://k9sth.com
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> ________________________________
> From: J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com>
> To: mac <w7qho at aol.com>
> Cc: "boatanchors at mailman.qth.net" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; Glen Zook
> <gzook at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Speaker repair
>
> I think the paper is different.
>
> Years ago, there was a sort of open paper sold for covering model planes,
> designed to be doped and shrink a bit. That might also work.
>
> -John
>
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>
>
>> And you have a choice of brown or white... :^)
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Moe Fretz wrote:
>>
>>> Coffee maker filters also work well.
>>
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