Using a pritt stick to glue a base drive.?

[dantheman91]

Could this work. ;)

info would be appreciated or any other ideas.

[The Grand Wazoo]

More info required!

[YNWaN]

No, whatever is wrong there are better glues for repairing a drive unit.

[sq225917]

You cannot glue anything other than paper with prittstick, it will never set if you try and glue none absorbent materials- like plastics.

[dantheman91]

Hi

any info on what glue to use guys. chris the base driver in one of my horns

[The Grand Wazoo]

But what actually needs gluing?
The surround? The dust cap? A split in the cone?

[dantheman91]

hey,

a slight split in the cone

[northwest]

hey,

a slight split in the cone

Copydex, this is a latex adhesive and works well.
Pritt stick is really good for repairing album covers where the glue has just given up.

[spendorman]

It's many years since I used Copydex, but I found that it seemed to age not too well, sort of breaking down and going gooey.

Long term something else may be better, perhaps PVA adhesive. A pic of the damage might be useful.

For repairing paper cones, some recommend layers of tissue paper laminated with adhesive. I have done this using PVA and it has lasted.

I guess more suggestions may follow.

[dantheman91]

Hi

pic

[spendorman]

No paper cone missing, so repair should not be too difficult. If you can get to the back of the cone, that might help. I would probably try using some self adhesive PVC tape (insulating tape) behind the damage to hold the two edges of the cone level. Slightly moisten the front of damaged area using small pointed paint brush and water, followed by applying PVA adhesive very sparingly with the brush.

When fully dry, the insulating tape can be removed from behind the repair, and adhesive can be applied sparingly to the rear of the cone.

However, if the unit is a particularly valuable one, might be worth taking it to a specialist.

[dantheman91]

However, if the unit is a particularly valuable one, might be worth taking it to a specialist.


Hi

Thanks for the advice. i will take it to my engineer in poole thanks

[synsei]

Dan, cut a thin piece of cotton fabric to size and glue it to the rear of the tear with some rubber solution from a puncture repair outfit. This should work a treat.

Paint a thin coat of rubber solution around the area of the tear (on back of the cone surround) and then coat the cotton fabric in the solution as well. Wait 30 seconds or so until it becomes tacky and then apply ;)

[Patrick Dixon]

Use tissue paper and watered-down PVA glue. Obviously if you can apply it to the rear of the cone it will look better.

It will repair the split without adding significantly to the mass and stiffness of the cone.

[dowser]

Get some tailors tape and use that rather than tissue paper for a stronger repair IME. Richard

[Patrick Dixon]

You could coat it in concrete for a stronger repair, but that's not really the point. The point is to repair it without changing the characteristics of the cone material too much.

[synsei]

Kyptonite!!! Wonderful stuff: Strong, bullet proof and it's a funky shade of green to boot... :ner: :D