the many uses of blu tac??

ranmart · « **on:** 13 Apr 2003, 01:24 am »

You guys talk I lot about blu tac so my question is what are the best places to used it on sacd players ,amps and any other thing you might used it on?

nathanm · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 Apr 2003, 10:53 pm »

I've heard it can be used to hang posters. But I myself am partial to tape. You would need a lot of Blu-Tac to hang your SACD player on the wall, but I would imagine the space savings would be phenomenal. You may want to test it first by placing some absorbent material underneath the player just in case it falls. Believe me, I know - my cousin sustained a concussion when my old receiver fell off the ceiling and bonked him on the head. He has never forgiven me. Since then I always use more Blu-Tac than necessary.

I tried Blu-Tac on my CD player (technically it was yellow) because some discs would slip on the spindle. It didn't work at all. A dollop of rubber cement did the trick.

Ferdi · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 Apr 2003, 10:55 pm »

In NL I could only find the stuff in white. Somehow it's not the same.

Audio Al · « **Reply #3 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 02:37 pm »

Blu-tac is great for securing small speakers to stands. I also use it to adjust the mass on the PR on my VMPS RM2s. It does not dry out like mortite. I have heard people use it on top of chips (not potato) but I would think that might affect the cooling properties.
Don't fork over $10 to places like Audio Advisor for Blu-tac. DAP makes a similar product called Fun-tac (which is blue) that you can get at Home Depot for about a buck fitty.

starlet · « **Reply #4 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 03:11 pm »

I stick it on the transport of my cpd to reduce vibration and a small piece on the receiver inside the player.

JohnR · « **Reply #5 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 03:55 pm »

Quote from: nathanm

You would need a lot of Blu-Tac to hang your SACD player on the wall

Supposedly the best place for a TT is on the wall, so maybe there's some merit to this idea!

Pez · « **Reply #6 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 10:11 pm »

I use it on equipment that hums a bit. For instance the Radii tube amp had a noticable hum. I put some blue tac on the back of the transoformer enclosure and it all but eliminated it.

Tyson · « **Reply #7 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 10:18 pm »

I like to use it on Jason's mouth. I just stuff it in there anytime something annoying is coming out (most of the time). Works well in person. I'm working on doing something similar to his keyboard.

Pez · « **Reply #8 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 10:28 pm »

Now that's funny...... Predictable but funny.

Oh wait wrong emoticon, here:

is that what you were looking for?

Tyson · « **Reply #9 on:** 15 Apr 2003, 11:31 pm »

I also like to cover my CD's in Blue Tak - it eliminates wobble and greatly reduces jitter.

Using it on tweeters works wonders if you find that your speakers are naturally a bit bright. Really tames those high frequencies.

byteme · « **Reply #10 on:** 16 Apr 2003, 02:10 pm »

Where can one get blu tac? I'm in Wisconsin. My wife has about a million candles in the living room/home theater/listening room and about 3/4 of a million of them rattle like crazy during movies/listening. Sounds like blu tac might help silence those crooked bottoms noisemakers!

Tonto Yoder · « **Reply #11 on:** 16 Apr 2003, 02:52 pm »

Its original purpose was to temporarily "tack" up paper to a bulletin board or something similar. You can pay big $$ at Audio Advisor or a few $$ at K-Mart. Official Blu-Tack was from the Bostik company but there are other similar/identical products in different colors/from different companies.

doug s. · « **Reply #12 on:** 16 Apr 2003, 06:30 pm »

improve yer tonearm!

doug s.