Stained Speaker, what to do ?

[Kmonk]

I'd leave it. If the speaker still works, it's fine.

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Exactly! If it works and you have a grill cloth, why worry about it?

 

[Eric Swaim]

Rule number #1

"If it works, don't fix it"

When you think you can improve something your not sure off, refer back to Rule #1

 

[Dean N]

BFH.

 

[mpdd]

 

[LeftyD]

They have some stuff called
The Wet Look
supposed to be for speakers.

 

[JGbassman]

Most importantly, don't mix stained speakers. Try and the keep the same stains or the stains might cancel each out her out by mixing the stains.


I'm sure the mixed stained speaker police will be by any moment to let you know.

 

[tlc1976]

Didn't know it was even there, sound the same. I'd just put it back together and leave it.

If anyone admires your sound or playing, you could always open it up and show the mojo.

 

[BadExample]

They have some stuff called
The Wet Look
supposed to be for speakers.

Yah, it's paint. Don't paint your speakers unless you hate them.

 

[Linnin]

Apply naphtha liberally and burn the entire cabinet while dancing around it naked and swinging a rubber chicken above your head. Chant loudly: "Burn Baby Burn!".

Order a new Fender Rumble & Enjoy Life. Rumble On!

 

[BadExample]

Apply naphtha liberally and burn the entire cabinet while dancing around it naked and swinging a rubber chicken above your head. Chant loudly: "Burn Baby Burn!".

Order a new Fender Rumble & Enjoy Life. Rumble On!

Sir Linnin, you sound just a wee bit too experienced in this ritual

 

[Oren Hudson]

Black shoe polish with foam end. Get the flow going on a piece of news paper or plastic lid, then apply gently to the cone, being careful to not dent the dust cap. Warning - once you do one, it'll make the others look bad, so you'll probably end up doing all of them.

 

[Linnin]

Sir Linnin, you sound just a wee bit too experienced in this ritual

Shhhhh ... Don't Ask ... Don't Tell ...

 

[BadExample]

Black shoe polish with foam end. Get the flow going on a piece of news paper or plastic lid, then apply gently to the cone, being careful to not dent the dust cap. Warning - once you do one, it'll make the others look bad, so you'll probably end up doing all of them.

NO. Don't put anything on a paper cone unless it did something really, really bad to you. FIDO Forget It And Drive On. No paint, no shoe polish, nothing. It will just f'up the paper.

 

[Linnin]

Black shoe polish with foam end. Get the flow going on a piece of news paper or plastic lid, then apply gently to the cone, being careful to not dent the dust cap. Warning - once you do one, it'll make the others look bad, so you'll probably end up doing all of them.

And then your shoes, and the black sidewalls of your tires; your driveway, and before you know it you're in beautiful downtown Topeka! Whatever you do, don't take a wrong turn in Albuquerque.

 

[Diamond_Dave]

Relax. It's probably the best stain for metal. You don't want to go tinkering with that kind of awesome.

 

[BigBigGuy44]

Build a bridge out of it!

 

[TheReceder]

Play way loud at your next practice and tell your bandmates you're trying to knock the stain off the one speaker.

 

[Fluid Power]

It could sound better with some "stains"!

 

[agedhorse]

NO. Don't put anything on a paper cone unless it did something really, really bad to you. FIDO Forget It And Drive On. No paint, no shoe polish, nothing. It will just f'up the paper.

Best answer. Sure as hell don't paint it, and some shoe polishes can damage the cones. Leave it alone

 

[jmlee]