hey guys,
I search on internet, on forum and on youtube but didn't find something that looks to work good!
I'm building my PA speakers soon, didn't have enough money to buy waterproof woofer(and I don't know them if they exist) and I dont wanna use marine speakers...
Can we waterproof a driver without affecting the sound quality?
the box will be waterproof! I'll use something like duratex(I think it's a waterproof paint?)
anyway, thanks in advance!
PS: I've seen a video on youtube but I wamma be sure it works before i try it!
I search on internet, on forum and on youtube but didn't find something that looks to work good!
I'm building my PA speakers soon, didn't have enough money to buy waterproof woofer(and I don't know them if they exist) and I dont wanna use marine speakers...
Can we waterproof a driver without affecting the sound quality?
the box will be waterproof! I'll use something like duratex(I think it's a waterproof paint?)
anyway, thanks in advance!
PS: I've seen a video on youtube but I wamma be sure it works before i try it!
I place a plastic black bin bag over the loudspeaker if there is a chance of rain. It affects the sound slightly but it is PA so that doesn't matter.
ouff xD I was thinking there was something to do ahahahaha
maybe if I'm building BFM cab like Dr250 they gonna be "waterproof"? because the woofer is inside the cab!
maybe if I'm building BFM cab like Dr250 they gonna be "waterproof"? because the woofer is inside the cab!
When installing a loud system in a wine cellar (where they did a son & lumière) I sealed the 15" woofers in bin bags, with silica gel, and ran silicone bath sealant over the holes the screws went through, and cable access. The horns just got the magnets well vaselined to prevent rust and assumed the HF diaphragm was watertight (they usually are). With the drivers in the cabinet I went over the plastic bag with a heat-shrink gun (to stop it flapping. That was last centuy (just) and nobody's come back to complain.
that may be the best option, I hope it will work well!
and what is scotchgard spray? where do you find this?
An old mobile disco trick is to cover the speakers with black plastic bags.
Don't know if removable from cone material and cone mass will increase slightly. But Will this work ?
Removable coating . One can try on damaged speaker. OR if a PA speakers are placed under hood cover it will protect and have directivity I guess.
Regards.
Removable coating . One can try on damaged speaker. OR if a PA speakers are placed under hood cover it will protect and have directivity I guess.
Regards.
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can I put it on the surround? because about 2 weeks ago I tried a product that should waterproof(its a acrylic based product) I tried it on a old hifi wofo, prayed some on the surround and the acrylic make it unglued and it all cracked! but it was a hifi surround...maybe a PA style surround will be ok?
I can't say if the modern version of Scotchgard is the same, but an anecdote follows:
A band buddy of mine (back in the '80s) treated his Gauss 15" drivers, loaded in Community midrange/midbass horns, with a coating of Scotchgard. It didn't seem to affect the sound quality. One rainy day, we arrived at a gig to find that a leaky van roof had left the horns partly filled with water. Soup tureens, already! We dumped out the water & used a hairdryer on the cones. They performed flawlessly that evening.
I suggest that you acquire an identical pair of cheap drivers (like radio speakers), coat one & leave the other untreated. If there's any noticeable difference, I'm guessing it's likely in the highest frequencies.
A band buddy of mine (back in the '80s) treated his Gauss 15" drivers, loaded in Community midrange/midbass horns, with a coating of Scotchgard. It didn't seem to affect the sound quality. One rainy day, we arrived at a gig to find that a leaky van roof had left the horns partly filled with water. Soup tureens, already! We dumped out the water & used a hairdryer on the cones. They performed flawlessly that evening.
I suggest that you acquire an identical pair of cheap drivers (like radio speakers), coat one & leave the other untreated. If there's any noticeable difference, I'm guessing it's likely in the highest frequencies.
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