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20th February 2009, 13:42
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Tweeter Pod Bonding Issue
I am midway through building my tweeter pods that are mounted to the internal mirror cap. I have screwed the mounts that came with the speaker to it, I then used P38 [?] poly-filler to build it up slightly and then went over with a first layer of P40 filler. The issue I am having is that neither of the products are really bonding very well with mirror cap. Can anybody suggest anything that I could use to help keep it bonded together?
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20th February 2009, 17:52
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Try hotmelt glueing them into place first then building up the filler onto that or just hotmelt them into place, cover with speaker cloth and resin/hardener, thats what i'm doing as per this guide:
http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=159311
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20th February 2009, 18:00
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best putting a pair of thick tights over and putting the resin and hardner over them.
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20th February 2009, 19:24
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use fiberglass filler and give the surface a scrath coat first (scratch it to fcuk).
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20th February 2009, 19:40
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scratch the surface of the mirror caps so its rough and then the bonding will hold on to it
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21st February 2009, 01:44
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Cheers guys. I did consider both of the options discussed above. Shame as don't feel I have much left to do for these to be complete to rip them back to basics.
Might just go with the tights option as I might be able to just cover what I have already done.
I did sand it down lightly prior to starting but obviously when working with this plastic I needed to scratch it to bits.
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21st February 2009, 02:29
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ive had this problem when making my tweeter problems even when the bass was scratched up it still would bond right di i just drilled a few hold stuffd them with tissu then put resin in then so the resin in the holes held it on beter
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21st February 2009, 14:28
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Yeah when I was applying the filler I drilled a few holes round so the filler could go in the holes and bond better. That seems to be holding much better then the poly-filler stuff. Probably going to just go and wack some tights on it now.
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