Having a dent in your speaker’s dust cap really doesn’t affect the sound, but it can factor into the resale value. To remove a dent easily, use pliers to bend a needle into a 45-degree angle, use the needle to puncture the dent, and then turn the needle and gently pull it so that the angled-end raises the dent up. When you’re finished, use a felt pen to cover the tiny hole.
Thanks goes to YouTube user GT10gaming for sharing this tip. If you’re buying store-model speakers, now you can have confidence that the dust cap dent on the demo unit can be easily repaired, so go negotiate a steep discount.
Repair A Dent On A Speaker’s Dust Cap (5 steps/ 5 minutes) [Instructables]
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Monday, January 2, 2012 at 10:01 AMPoking holes in your dust cap does not seem like a very sensible repair method.
Rob C
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:01 AMUm. Bluetac.
Steve
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 9:05 PM+1
Boomzzilla
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 12:01 PMI had great succsess using a sink plunger, and leaves no hole.
smurfydog
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 6:37 PMI’m curious about your sink plunger method.
It sounds pretty dodgy to me, but if your plunger fits over the speaker cone then it might just work without damaging your speaker.
Still not keen to try it though.
Jeremy I
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 12:56 PMomg dont EVER do this to your speaker cone. putting a hole in something that is designed to transfer and resonate sound will affect its performance whether you like it or not.
since when did damaging an item become a useful tip?
chris
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 1:55 PMTERRIBLE idea!! Speakers work by moving air. Putting a hole in it will significantly affect sound quality.
The solution is to carefully use a vacuum cleaner on low power to pull the dent back out..
PS
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 8:28 PMI’ve had great success with a vaccume cleaner. Pops them right out.
Anton
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 12:26 AMwow this guys an idiot!
TheInquisitor
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 3:14 AMOne thing i did was literally just Suck on the cap with my mouth. It just pops it back.
Chin
Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 4:23 AMJust use some sticky tape… stick it on the dent and pull it out. Done