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Treatment for rubber speaker surrounds?

Anyone use any type of treatment like silicone for their speaker surrounds to preserve them from getting hard and drying out. Does any company make a product meant for this purpose? I have heard of people using Armor All but IMO that is not the best choice because it also can cause drying and cracking.
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eldartford
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If you use the right kind of product on your speakers you can probably get the surrounds unglued from the cones.
eldartford
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Nsgarch..."enough frivolity"? You must be on the wrong website!

But if you insist...the "really early rubber-impregnated cloth and the corrugated paper types" actually work very well for drivers that do not require large excursion, or low free air resonant frequency, and, in my experience, seem to last forever. I have never had a problem with anything other than foam.
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