rynoinaz Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 hi. is there anything you can put on the foam and/or rubber surronds to preserve them, keep them from drying out? any advice is greatly appreciated. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 You talkin' about Klipsch Speakers, or the rest ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKO Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 To preserve the proper complience of the cone,, The outer surround should be replaced with proper units Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Mine are 43 years old and seem to be holding up very well. I'm surprised that no mice or critters had a taste for them. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundbound Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I've read it's best to leave them alone. Additives only make it worse. Rubber should last a very long time and foam not as long. I just had to replace some drivers with dry rotted foam surrounds and did so with rubber. They weren't worth repairing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 1964 CW's with all original part seem to be able to outlive me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I've never had a problem with Klipsch drivers. In fact (except for my original store bought Klipschorns in 1979), that very problem is the reason I sold all my JBL's some years ago and now pretty much own nothing but Klipsch. Heat and especially humidity in Florida just killed the foam woofer surrounds. There is also a weird bacteria down here (it's true!!!) which lives in humid environments eats the oxide binder on reel tapes. That same bacteria also loves JBL foam surrounds. I was not aware of that until all of my reel tapes (Ampex GM and Maxell) started disintegrating in about 1994 for no reason at all. I was at a musicians store to order some more tape in Palm Beach and they told me about the problems they were having with reel tape oxide disintegration. They had finally figured it out and also noted that the same thing was affecting alot of JBL studio monitors/ control room monitor woofer surround foams. That same bacteria tries to eat the plastic handles on all of my old 1980 vintage Craftsman screwdrivers. Once a year I have to clean off the bateria poop which looks like a greasy white coating. It does not seem to affect plastic made lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Groom (doing my Duke imitation) You live ina swamp?[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Groom (doing my Duke imitation) You live ina swamp? Oooohhh ..... get it Right, O.T. itsa ... " Inna" ..swamp ..[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I noticed that Duke but never took the trouble to edit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynoinaz Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 i have various klipsch models (forte II, quartet, kg 4.2, kg 4, kg 2, kg 2.2v). i noticed what looks like cracks starting to form on the rubber surrounds of the 4.2s. i live in arizona. what i see on the 4.2 surrounds, a hot and very dry climate (10-20% humidity most of the time) and the fear of losing the service of any of my other klipsch prompted my question. as goofy as it may sound i was thinking of something like armorall for protecting, preserving rubber surrounds......hey, works for tires! before i attempted it i was wondering if there were others with any experience doing something like that. thanks for your posts...any input is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Groom (doing my Duke imitation) You live ina swamp? Oooohhh ..... get it Right, O.T. itsa ... " Inna" ..swamp .. 'Itsa' (or might as well be) a swamp... ground water is only 3-4 feet down... House is built "old time Forida" stype, as in up on beams with footer and 2' crawl space underneath. This house stays really dry, but it was the others we lived in before we bought this one that had mildew runnin' up the drywall on the north side of the house, stucco fallin' off, etc. They "wuz" built "northern yankee" style on a slab; which unless you have a massive thick pad and about a 20 mil thick vapor barrier.... you are going to have problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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