On 06/03/19 22:54, Tim+ wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
On 06/03/19 19:36, Tim+ wrote:
We have some Kef speakers (cast alloy construction) that had that silky
rubber coating. Needless to say this coating is a ghastly sticky mess.

Were using acetone at present but wondering if theres a better solvent to
remove this horrid stuff. Not too worried if it removes the underlying
paint as some has come off already.

Wondering about petrol but not the nicest stuff to work with...

This was discussed over in uk.tech.digital-tv very recently. One point
raised was that no matter what solvent you use, the sticky goo will come
through again in a matter of weeks/months.

Not if you remove it all!

OK. Drastic, but effective. I had assumed you were just trying to remove
the sticky mess which leaches out of the rubber stuff rather than the
whole coat.

Is there any Fablon-like adhesive vinyl material which you could use to
permanently cover the sticky surface and wouldn't look too bad? Loads on
ebay, but I've no idea whether or not it is any good.

Fablon on Kef egg speakers? Hmm, no thanks.

Didn't realise they were egg-shaped. No, Fablon definitely won't do!

--

Jeff