Speaker repair

[scudie]

Last weekend while listening to a Seeburg Sc1 wallbox (that I converted to play MP3 a couple of years ago) I noticed a strange sound from the left speaker when the sound  was at a higher pitch.
At first I wasn't sure if it was the speaker grill that had come loose and was vibrating thus emitting the noise.
on inspection of the speaker it became obvious that there was a small tear in the paper part of the speaker. So I swopped it for a spare one I had. 
Wondered if any one had any success in repairing a small amount of damage ?
thought about brushing a small amount of PVA glue to the edges of the Tear closing the gap, possibly fixing a small patch of paper  to the revers side of the damaged area with a little more PVA ?
Might just give it a go as I have nothing to loose by trying.

Cheers Scudie

[Ron Rich]

Scudie,
"In the old daze"-- we fixed small tears like that in speaker cones with "model airplane, plastic cement" and a bit or two, of toilet paper !
Ron Rich

[scudie]

Hi Ron
funnily enough I used a piece of kitchen paper towel & dabbed some PVA on it . Will connect it tonight and have a listen I guess it can't be any worse!
Cheers Scudie

[Ron Rich]

Scudie,
Good luck--let us know-- Ron Rich

[scudie]

Good evening Ron
Plugged it in a listened to a couple of tracks tonight, the sound is as I would expect from a undamaged speaker.
I wonder why in the olden days you used plastic cement on paper?
Cheers Scudie

[Startgroove]

I've used Elmer's Carpenter's glue. It works as good as any other glue, I guess. Many years ago, I used it to fix a Wurlitzer 616A speaker that had a 4 1/2 inch tear in the cone. That one is still holding. Cheers, Russie.

[spetersen]

I used nail polish for tears in the cone, some used rubber cement, especially on the surrounds

[Ron Rich]

Hi Scuddie,
I used "plastic cement" on accounta that's all I had the first time I needed to make a repair--quickly-It's dry in a few minutes--- as you can see, almost anything seems to work -- Ron Rich

[jhead55]

I use a product called ModPodge, which is a thinned white glue sealer available at any craft store, and dryer sheets. Works great. Did one today.