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Grill Foam for Rain Protection
Jeff Lelko:
Greetings,
Can anyone recommend a foam product to install in my speaker grills for light-duty water protection? I don't need anything that can withstand a hurricane or is meant for permanent outdoor use - just for keeping water off the drivers when a summer storm pops up while not growing mold.
Thanks!
As an aside the speakers/subwoofers in question are non-powered and covered in the bedliner/urethane coating, thus they can tolerate mild rain exposure aside from water getting in the front grills.
Tim McCulloch:
--- Quote from: Jeff Lelko on November 30, 2022, 04:04:03 AM ---Greetings,
Can anyone recommend a foam product to install in my speaker grills for light-duty water protection? I don't need anything that can withstand a hurricane or is meant for permanent outdoor use - just for keeping water off the drivers when a summer storm pops up while not growing mold.
Thanks!
As an aside the speakers/subwoofers in question are non-powered and covered in the bedliner/urethane coating, thus they can tolerate mild rain exposure aside from water getting in the front grills.
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Check with Undercover NYC; they make water-repellent, acoustically "not opaque" covers for all kinds of loudspeakers.
Frank Czar:
I use 1/4" filter foam behind the grills from Grainger along with a speaker coating called "The Wet Look" on all the drivers. I sure it could be debated that you are adding weight to the cone but I cannot hear any sonic differences between coated and non-coated Tha Wet Look can be purchased from Parts Express.
dave briar:
--- Quote from: Tim McCulloch on November 30, 2022, 09:18:18 AM ---Check with Undercover NYC; they make water-repellent, acoustically "not opaque" covers for all kinds of loudspeakers.
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+1 for UndercoverNYC’s acoustically-transparent material. Ingenious actually. We ordered covers for our FBTs and I tested the performance with a garden hose. Very impressive.
Jim McKeveny:
4ft x 6 ft sheets via Reliable Hardware, North Hollywood, CA.
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