Twincam Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 A Jack Russell pissed through the grill onto the speaker. Speaker is a paper type. Will a damp cloth be alright im guessing piss and water isn't the best thing for paper speakers. I assume any solvent based things are also a no no. I am not amused!. Quote
RhysP Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I'd say just dab off what you can with something absorbant, don't go getting it any wetter than it already is. Quote
Moos3h Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Agreed, don't wet it with anything, just dab off the excess. Dogs. Yuk. Quote
Truckstop Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Stick it in the washing machine. The dog, I mean. Quote
Moos3h Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Actually, some good news - the best way to clean a speaker is to get a small dog to urinate on it! Quote
HowieBass Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 You can get sprays to neutralise the smell from pet urine so rather than use a damp cloth you might be better off using that. Quote
KiOgon Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 http://www.febreze.com/en-US/odor-removal-tips/pet-odor-eliminator Quote
zero9 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) You need to draw the 'liquid' away from the speaker. Best way is to put the cab on its back and pour salt onto the speaker. Works for getting wine out of carpet The other way is just to let it dry naturally. Good job the jack russell didn't do a number 2 on it, otherwise your speaker would be producing a bad farting noise. Edited January 14, 2015 by zero9 Quote
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 [quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1421237551' post='2658711'] A Jack Russell pissed through the grill onto the speaker. [/quote]You're lucky it wasn't a Great Dane. Quote
taunton-hobbit Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I'd let it dry & then see how bad/if it smelt (from a distance) if it does, I'd squirt some Fabreze at it (good idea to remove & wash grille first) - most of this smell stuff decays pretty fast (apart from cats pee in the back of an estate car - that'd survive a nuclear holocaust). Quote
Martin E Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Perhaps he thought a little damping would improve your cabinet. Quote
discreet Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1421267100' post='2659235'] You're lucky it wasn't a Great Dane. [/quote] Or a horse. Quote
FinnDave Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Cj2TtFd_E"]Could have been worse[/url] Quote
Truckstop Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 [quote name='zero9' timestamp='1421266241' post='2659223'] Good job the jack russell didn't do a number 2 on it, otherwise your speaker would be producing a bad farting noise. [/quote] Ha haaaa! Quote
Ghost_Bass Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Take it appart, wash every metal part that got dirty (urine attacks metal and causes premature rust). Regarding the cone you can gently apply a mild damp cloth just to moist the cone a bit (if it had already dried) and then fill it with raw rice and leave it over night. The rice will absorv the humidity. If after this the smell prevails then a bit of febreze and leaving it to air should take away the smell (don't squirt too much febreze so you don't saturate the cone). Quote
discreet Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1421278327' post='2659463'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Cj2TtFd_E"]Could have been worse[/url] [/quote] I saw that when it was originally broadcast and haven't laughed as much since. That's what the British find really funny - animal incontinence on live TV. Edited January 15, 2015 by discreet Quote
paul_5 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Short haired animal pelts are considered very effective at this sort of this. Is impossible skin the Jack Russell and do everyone a favour? Quote
FinnDave Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1421322462' post='2659781'] I saw that when it was originally broadcast and haven't laughed as much since. That's what the British find really funny - animal incontinence on live TV. [/quote] I remember it from the original as well. And I agree, you just don't get this sort of quality on TV anymore. However, I am concerned about the dog/speaker incident as my band has a Jack Russell 'band dog' (belongs to the harp player) who on one memorable occasion stood in front of the band at an outdoor gig and barked and yelped along to our version of 'My Dog'. There's a video somewhere, I think. The little bugger would be an ex-dog if it pissed in my Barefaced cab though. Quote
bertbass Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Once upon a time, many years ago, we bought a pair of used, Gauss loaded, 18" reflex bins. As we used them over time we noticed that one sounded better than the other. Having a quick look we noticed that one of the speaker cones was wet. Very strange we thought, that's why it sounds weird. Took the speaker out and dried it in the sun and it sounded OK. Next gig it sounded strange again, checked and the speaker was wet again. We bought a hair dryer and stood it in the reflex port to dry out the speaker on every gig and by the end of the gig the speaker was wet again. We asked the good folks who had sold us the speakers if they could throw any like on this wet speaker problem and they said that it must be where their cat had taken a piss inside the cab all over the speaker. Talking to someone about this they said that the salts in the cat's pee attracts moisture and so we would never solve the problem and we never did. I don't know if this explanation is true but it made a lot of sense at the time, I hope that dog's pee dosn't have the same properties or it's new speaker time. Then there's the time that my pet labrador ate the speaker in our guitarist's AC30, but I'll save that for another time. Quote
discreet Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 [quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1421362364' post='2660503'] Then there's the time that my pet labrador ate the speaker in our guitarist's AC30, but I'll save that for another time. [/quote] There's a joke about a woofer there Tel, but I'm not going to make it. Quote
Thunderbird Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1421237551' post='2658711'] A Jack Russell pissed through the grill onto the speaker. Speaker is a paper type. Will a damp cloth be alright im guessing piss and water isn't the best thing for paper speakers. I assume any solvent based things are also a no no. I am not amused!. [/quote] Made me giggle...sorry you could always sprinkle a little bit of talcum powder on the cone let it absorb so of the liquid if still wet then gently hoover the excess off drys it out and gets rid of the urine smell too Quote
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