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Jim Pearce

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Roy might have to confirm this, but I think I remember him saying that minor ripples in cloth surrounds should not be a big concern. 

I had a pair of KLH Model six woofers, one with yellow surrounds and the other surround black. I carefully used Toluene with small foam brush's and paper towels to remove the black back to the yellow color. Then I applied an new coat of sealant. I don't remember it having a adverse effect on the surround glue, but then again it was very careful and went slow.

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Yeah, man.

Trial and error on little bits of the goop taught me that toluene is the way to go.

I had one pair that I over applied the material to, have thinned it just a tiny tiny bit so I could put it on more evenly and use two coats based on return speed of the woofer.

Yeah, one needs to be very careful about keeping the material on the cloth only. I have found that thin a bit capillary action will help to spread the material to the edges of the surround.

Also have a pair of 17s and 32s where this stuff was absolutely wonderful, thank you Roy!

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On 12/26/2020 at 3:31 PM, lARrybody said:

Roy might have to confirm this, but I think I remember him saying that minor ripples in cloth surrounds should not be a big concern. 

I had a pair of KLH Model six woofers, one with yellow surrounds and the other surround black. I carefully used Toluene with small foam brush's and paper towels to remove the black back to the yellow color. Then I applied an new coat of sealant. I don't remember it having a adverse effect on the surround glue, but then again it was very careful and went slow.

This was very helpful.

I have a pair that I used too much stuff on and need to clean it off. I guess I'll get it super soft with toluene and scrape it with something round ended like a popsicle stick.

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