Cleaning the surface of ADS tweeters?

[cnh]

Hi,

I just got a set of ADS L520s delivered today. And, they're in good condition. But in the UPS shipping, the grills, which were dust laden, bent in a bit (metal grills) and they touched the surface of the tweeters, more so in one case....leaving an lattice like imprint of dust stuck to the surface.

I tried to use, gently, a light wet sponge to clear this off, which worked on the one, but the other still has some dust patterns clinging to it.

The 'glossy' surface of these tweeters make me a little nervous because I am not sure that even a slightly moist sponge might not remove some coating.

Can anyone who knows these suggest a safe agent to use to get off the rest of the material.

So far, though, they sound just fine even as is? Very detailed, airy and open throughout the entire musical spectrum.

Thanks guys!

cnh

[cnh]

Well, I was told, on another forum, that I might be better off letting them be as the have a sticky coating that does tend to attract dust and I might damage that.

Anyone else agree with that or have an alternative?

cnh

[Evrythngmatters]

I agree to leaving the tweeters as they are. I have some ADS speakers and after alot of reading through forums about cleaning them I came to this conclusion. Buy replacement tweeters and leave the original ones alone. I was going to do the tape thing.the tweezer thing but in the end it's just me being overly critical about how my gear looks. Just my .02 btw. Gl and if you do try something daring and it works please share.

[mhardy6647]

Sir Paul McCartney put it best when he wrote that immortal line...

Let It Be

[DaveHo]

I have a pair of vintage Canton's that also have sticky dome mids & tweets. I cleaned the dust off them the same way as most of us clean the sticky Polk MW drivers. A lint free cloth & some Windex. Worked great. Domes are still sticky. Everything sounds great.

-Dave

[dorokusai]

They are naturally sticky. Take a real nice paintbrush, seriously spend some money for a nice one, and simply, lightly brush off what you can. Don't worry about the rest. You should always have a nice squirrel hair or better brush in your goody box for things like this, and for cleaning PCB or whatever you come across in audio. It's a solid $10 investment or less.

I wouldn't use any solvents or water.

[Joe08867]

Warm soapy water or just a little windex and a lint free cloth. Windex is can be pretty harsh if not used sparingly.

[victor. askew]

If you must use only a damp lint free towel wet with warm water only. I have had my L1290 towers since 1987 and have never felt the need to clean what little dust/lint there is present from them. Best to leave them be and play them loudly.