roadtonowhere08 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Does anyone know where to get some good quality mink oil for my speakers' surrounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Find a kinky mink I suppose.......... AKA re: "Mink Oil" Do a Google search. I did and got in excess of 70000 hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFinco Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 you can get mink oil at any outdoor supply shop--its used for treating and waterproofing leather. Also, a good shoe store will probably have some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenratboy Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 You could buy a mink (or a ferret in a pinch) and wring it out like a chamois - figure 1/4 cup per 360-degrees rotated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 Har Har people I will try online to see if there was anything. I was just wondering if there was a preferred trype/brand above all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Let us know if you find a source on line. I also need to get some. Sunfire recommends treating the surrounds on the Signature sub once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Just found it at, http://www.mrboots.com Look under the general store for Kiwi products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Jeez, you guys don't know where to buy mink oil? Just go to a shoe store. Better yet go to a Redwing store (Redwing makes the finest workboots, the only boots to wear) and get some Redwing shoe-oil. The Irish Setters on the left were treated with the stuff periodically and after 6 years in the field and a couple of resolings the uppers are still soft, pliable and uncracked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I live in Florida. It's just shorts and sandals here. Everytime I pass a shoe store I have stopped in and asked if they have any. They all say "WHAT???" "Never heard of it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 We can buy surf board wax in all of our stores, can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Q-Man---Well I figger fellas wear workshoes and boots everywhere. I don't think Boilermakers and Ironworkers in Florida are workin' in flip-flops. But Hell buddy, I been wrong before. Anyway try a Redwing store or some place that sells Wolverines or Chippewas or other workboots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White01L Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 What material are the surrounds you are planning on treating. I have some older speakers that are in good condition with what appears to be butyl surrounds and wondering if they need to be treated. Nothing was ever said when I purchased them and the company is now out of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Tom, I was exaggerating about this of course, but I have never seen the stores that you mentioned. I'm in the cabinet business as you may know, and we install in some of the condominiums in Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach. This last year we have been told that the installers can't wear sneakers on these job sites anymore. You want to talk about a bunch of pissed off guys. Now they are saying that the installers need to wear long pants on these commercial jobs. Come on! They work in a finished unit with table saws and chop boxes being their largest tools. Boots and long pants are a sore subject around this area right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I wouldn't use this mink oil on just any surround. I don't know what the surround is make out of on the Sunfire Signature sub woofer. It is a thick and very dense rubber like substanse. The manual even says that you can land your best punch on the speaker (driver) and you won't hurt it. Like I said, Sunfire recommends using mink oil on it once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Mink oil? Is your mink squeaky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 I think I opened Pandora's Box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Speaker Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 ---------------- On 4/20/2004 10:54:42 AM Q-Man wrote: We can buy surf board wax in all of our stores, can you? ---------------- Yeah, its here on the coast of California too. Thats a bad recommendation though. I applied it to my RF-7s but it doesnt look so good. Ill say one thing though, the cat has no trouble jumping up on top anymore, a lot less claw marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Any shoe store or pharmacy should have this.I coated all my subwoofer's rubber/compressed foam sourround with it! Works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 "I wouldn't use this mink oil on just any surround. I don't know what the surround is make out of on the Sunfire Signature sub woofer. It is a thick and very dense rubber like substanse. The manual even says that you can land your best punch on the speaker (driver) and you won't hurt it. Like I said, Sunfire recommends using mink oil on it once a year. " Mink oil is best for foam/compressed foam sourrounds.The Sunfire uses multi layer compressed foam sourrounds,as does the Tumult,Krell MRS woofers and a few other heavy duty mosnters. Mink oil will slow degradation,drying up(aging) of the sourround. Mink oil also works on rubber sourrounds,but here automotive products like Turtle Wax work better.Mink oil is not dangerous unless you eat a whole can. Not for paper cones,anything foam and rubber is ok.bests helps compressed foam sourrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 Ok, so I have a pair of RB-5II's, and I want to make sure that the surrounds will not degrade over time. They appear to be rubber, so you are saying that turtle wax is better? Doesn't turtle wax dry hard or something? I would have assumed that mink oil would have been better since it is for protecting leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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