Hey all,

Now, do not try this at home (there is a BIG possibility that this has already been done and talked about -we are so many, it would only be logical... but here it is).

When I got my original GF 9191 I remember the speakers being nice, clean and white.

All the 9191s and 9292 and 305s I have now (and the GF 1000) all have their speakers turn brownish with time and age, and most of them (if not all) have (had) brown spots on them.

So, being that I have a few spare 9191 speakers I tried to get them to a nice (as close to) white color as possible with........ Thin Bleach!

Now, give me a few months before you try (for those who wanna try) so as to be able to tell you if the cones become hard, brittle and break!

I am, at this moment, using the whiten speaker in my GF 305SBMD (being the Bbox I use the most) to see if, with usage, the speakers' cones will Snap, Crackle and Pop...!

Here are pics of the Thin Bleach in a glass, the paper towel used to (NOT WIPE -do not wipe!) tap the bleach onto the paper cones -don NOT touch the black dust cap.

The first two speaker pics are of them, as were with age. Then the applying, the speakers 2 hours after, then a second bleaching was done... so the next pics are of the speakers 24 hours later, and very last pic is 48 hours later:







Oops.... Don't have the 48 hour pic anymore... But there was no difference in color, only the fact that the speakers were nice and dry.

later!

Looks good. Wonder if the spots could be dealt with too. Maybe with a bottle of white edge dressing for shoes, perhaps?

Need to see.... but not yet. Wanna see how the cones are affected with time first.

Un, hun!

Oh, I did think about applying bleach on the inside of the speakers for the darker spots.. will see.

i wish new gf-1000 speakers were still available...true many of them have spots and turn brownish with age...definitely one of kind speakers...but i always wondered if sharp used those white ones in other models as well...especially the outer ones...if so...maybe they could be interchanged if theyre in better shape or available to buy as replacements from those other models...