BeoLab 8000: which damping foam material to use for replacement?

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Many B&O BeoLab 8000 owners are aware that the early 8000 models have damping foam that perishes, falls apart and gets sticky to the PCB and components.

I have such a pair now and want to clean all the foam dirt out and replace it with proper material. So I can use some suggestions:

  1. What is the foam material that B&O started using (the white damping foam) to replace the old bad foam (dark grey)?
  2. Is there any alternative, with good availability, that's recommended?

 

See picture of the new foam (white) attached.

Hope to hear your advice! 

Location: The Netherlands

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-9000.png Beosound-9000.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png

 I can recommend buying basotect in two different thicknesses, it worked perfectly for me. 

Thanks for your advise Beosince98.

Do you know the exact thickness of the thin parts en the thick parts?

Location: The Netherlands

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-9000.png Beosound-9000.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png

KolfMAKER wrote:

Thanks for your advise Beosince98.

Do you know the exact thickness of the thin parts en the thick parts?

Unfortunately I do not rememberer. I guess I ordered one sheet with 1cm thickness and one with 3-4cm thickness. 

Thnx.

By the way, is Basotect the same damping material as what B&O is using? 

Location: The Netherlands

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-9000.png Beosound-9000.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png

KolfMAKER wrote:

Thnx.

By the way, is Basotect the same damping material as what B&O is using? 

I am not sure if it is the material they use, but it looks/feels the same and seems to be high quality foam for exactly this application. 

Do you have information where to place the different pieces?

My original foam , is a gluey mess.

Hi Gerard,

The original foam is terrible as soon as it started deforming.
Please put the right amount of effort in cleaning it away. To my experience, it sits everywhere even where you don't see it at first hand. It is important to get it away from all components, and yes that is a lot of nasty work to do. Also check all the copper traces on the PCB. I have seen copper traces 'eaten away' and disturbing for instance the Auto Standby switching. 

Here's a picture of the foam set in all the pieces (original B&O).

 

Location: The Netherlands

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-9000.png Beosound-9000.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png

And here is a picture where you see all pieces in the right place in the speaker casing.

So the 'round' piece goes around the bottom side of the bas reflex pipe. The middle piece is waste, is not used.  

 

Location: The Netherlands

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-9000.png Beosound-9000.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Wow, THANK YOU very much for the picture!!!! 🤩🤒

Did you clean yours yourself?

Did you test different products for cleaning ? (chemicals?)

I have already had some pcb lines eaten away by the gluey foam mess.[:\'(]
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