New cone for an EV SX 200, 12 inch speaker. Removing the old cone. I use a hot air gun on a low setting, so air temp whatever 2 or 3 inches from nozzle , rated 320 deg C on low setting. Suspension rim came away as normal. But the spider , looked as though it was to burst into flame, an alarming amount of jetting and billowing white smoke came off the join. Quickly removed the hot air gun and gradually the smoke died away. Didn't smell anything particularly chemically and no throat iritation. Continued removing the spider with the hot air gun more like 5 inches away and no repeat of the "smoke". Some sort of chemical reaction , initiated by heat, but not combustion?. A white deposit left from the glue , looking like aluminium oxide but the basket metal was not affected I think, good machined surface, no obvious corrossion there or anywhere else on the basket.
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8 years ago