Speaker Diaphragm Rip

[TG Flatline]

Hi all

I've got a spare 15" speaker I was going to use when building a drum monitor, but it has a small tear in the diaphragm near the outside edge. I'd estimate the tear is about 1cm long and not very wide, couple of mm max. A stray screwdriver did the damage, rookie error indeed. How would I patch this tear up to maintain the efficiencies of the speaker? Is it worth doing or am I likely to make the driver less useful by doing so?

Any advice greatfully appreciated, I know pretty much nothing about speakers other than the bits where the red and black cables attach to...

Thanks
T

[markstuk]

Many many years ago I "repaired" a Mackensie 15" with a similar tear using modelling tissue (like you cover balsa aircraft with) and a thin layer of superglue... It certainly stopped the tear propagating and I could not hear much difference...

[quote name='TG Flatline' post='1347799' date='Aug 22 2011, 10:01 AM']Hi all

I've got a spare 15" speaker I was going to use when building a drum monitor, but it has a small tear in the diaphragm near the outside edge. I'd estimate the tear is about 1cm long and not very wide, couple of mm max. A stray screwdriver did the damage, rookie error indeed. How would I patch this tear up to maintain the efficiencies of the speaker? Is it worth doing or am I likely to make the driver less useful by doing so?

Any advice greatfully appreciated, I know pretty much nothing about speakers other than the bits where the red and black cables attach to...

Thanks
T[/quote]

Edited August 22, 2011 by markstuk

[Ou7shined]

Yep, couple of layers of tissue paper applied separately, only with neat PVA glue. If you are luck you can do the repair from the rear side and no one will ever know.

[TG Flatline]

Cheers fellas!