How would you clean a speaker cone?

[bendeg]

Here's one of my 4 speakers cones, I think it has never been cleaned..Do you know any SMART way to remove dust/dirt ?

 

[bpmorton777]

Swiffer?

Brian

 

[Patrick]

 

[jackthehack]

Canned air will get rid of dust/loose dirt; if they are paper clones and would require some liquid like the pledge suggestion above, I's just call them "relic'ed" and leave them alone...

 

[AndyG]

Just crank it up and let physics do it's thing!!!!

Seriously, unless you apply any major pressure, even paper-cone speakers won't rip if you wipe them with a dry cloth or a swiffer.

 

[bendeg]

I've already wiped it with a dry soft cloth but the remainings (what you can currently see) stick on the cone, even when I apply a light pressure.

Some people told me to use a lightly water damped cloth, I'll try that for a start...

 

[bendeg]

Here's the result with a damped cloth and rubbing gently  :

 

[mmarino92]

Have you tried a vacuum?  :dontknow:

MM

 

[dbw]

DUDE, why did you use a damp cloth?  Speaker cones are basically paper... you don't want to get them wet.

Just blow on it, or get some compressed air.  Or better still, just ignore it.  Doesn't need to be pretty to work...

 

[bendeg]

Compressed air or vaccum wouldn't get rid of that, it was too sticky.

Even after having rubbing the cone with a dry cloth, a lot of sticky dust remained.

And it worked with a damped cloth. I'll wait for it to dry completely berfore playing LOUD again.

A guy did the same on his and he had no problem afterwards.

 

[-CB-]

NEVER use compressed air on a speaker.  Never ever ever ever ever.  The chance of blowing stuff into the coil gap, or tearing a cone or separating a cone or spider... way too great.

Damp anything - not good.  The cone can fall apart. 

Best way I found - using a brand new, clipped paintbrush.  Take the brush and shorten its bristles to about an inch long (just get them shorter, stiffer, length may vary on bristle).  That will take off anything that is safe to remove.

If that dont do it, it needs not be done

 

[bendeg]

NEVER use compressed air on a speaker.  Never ever ever ever ever.   The chance of blowing stuff into the coil gap, or tearing a cone or separating a cone or spider... way too great.

Damp anything - not good.  The cone can fall apart. 

Best way I found - using a brand new, clipped paintbrush.  Take the brush and shorten its bristles to about an inch long (just get them shorter, stiffer, length may vary on bristle).  That will take off anything that is safe to remove.

If that dont do it, it needs not be done

I took a risk using a damp sponge, I know...A short brush (with varying length) is a good idea indeed.

The guy who told me to use a damp sponge is still using his amp, so, I said to myself, "well, ok let's do it gently", but obviously I won't do it to often, I know the cone is made of paper...

And I've just tought about using something else : what about an eraser/rubber ?
Because, actually, the part that was dirty/dusty, is the edge of the cone, not the cone itself, it's more resistant, thicker, on that part (that's also why I didn't hesitate much to use a damp sponge...)

 

[dNA]

Why are you bothering to clean a speaker cone?

 

[bendeg]

Why are you bothering to clean a speaker cone?

Indeed, why...The sound isn't better since...

The only answer I can give is : why do you clean something ? To make it cleaner... :dontknow:

 

[mullyman]

No worries on cleaning it from me, I can't stand things being dirty like that. I would have cleaned it too.
MULLY

 

[dNA]

You could dedicate this time and energy into designing a custom made grill and/or cloth

 

[bendeg]

You could dedicate this time and energy into designing a custom made grill and/or cloth

Time and energy ? Well it took me 10 minutes, and I really don't need to design a new grill...Moreover, I didn't sweat that much spending my energy... :toothy11:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

If it won't come off with light pressure from a clean dry cloth, it don't need to come off.

If it really bothers you, take the speaker out and lightly dust the entire cone with some flat black spray paint. Note I said, "lightly dust".

 

[dbw]

Put some grille cloth over it and this won't be a problem.

 

[Justinginn]

No worries on cleaning it from me, I can't stand things being dirty like that. I would have cleaned it too.

...says the man with Gene Simmons as his avatar...  :icon_thumright: