[spanket]

i opened up my grado headphone and theres all sticky green goo over one of the wires, the positive wire is all clean its just the ground has all crap over it. wat causes this and is it a problem

 

[spanket]

y no1 relplied in 3 yrs i still get wet green goo it spread all through the cable http://img63.imageshack.us/f/img1782m.jpg

 

[WonderSlug]

Stop sneezing into your headphones.
 

 

[Anjexu]

Ewwwwwww.  No more pictures please.  My fault for clicking though, I suppose. 

 

[Golden Monkey]

You've been waiting three years for an answer to this? ROFL.

 

[Aizura]

Wow seriously what the hell is that?

 

[Ham Sandwich]

I wonder if that is some of the hot melt glue that Grado uses when assembling the headphones?  Maybe it's oozing due to heat?  Are they stored near something hot like a radiator or baseboard heater?  Or maybe it's there intentionally to act as a strain relief for the wires?
 
I don't know.  I've never opened up a Grado headphone to see what's inside.

 

[spanket]

yes its hot glue i used it a few weeks ago to keep the cables in place after soldering. now few weeks later its been attacked again by the green slime monster

 

[spanket]

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You've been waiting three years for an answer to this? ROFL.

yes and i checked the thread every single day

 

[Ham Sandwich]

Could the slime be soldering flux?

 

[Trance88]

Maybe it's some sort of corrosion mixing in with the glue or something?

 

[Armaegis]

Did you put the glue directly on the bare wire ends? Copper corrosion is usually green. It's probably just a combination of all the glue remelting, some corrosion because they're touching the bare wires, and possibly a bit of flux mixed in if you didn't clean that up afterwards. As Ham Sandwich mentioned, also make sure you don't store them near a heat source, or anywhere damp for that matter.
 

 

[EYEdROP]

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You've been waiting three years for an answer to this? ROFL.

yes and i checked the thread every single day

Poor kid should have bumped it 2 years and 11 months ago.

 

[spanket]

 
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Did you put the glue directly on the bare wire ends? Copper corrosion is usually green. It's probably just a combination of all the glue remelting, some corrosion because they're touching the bare wires, and possibly a bit of flux mixed in if you didn't clean that up afterwards. As Ham Sandwich mentioned, also make sure you don't store them near a heat source, or anywhere damp for that matter.
 

 
 
well from your post I found the explanation

its all a chemical reaction between the flux in my solder and the copper
 
this doc explains it all
http://www.kester.com/Portals/0/Knowledge_Base_Articles/GreenCorrosion_Global.pdf
 
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Abietic acid when heated combines directly with the
oxide on the copper surface, yielding a copper abietate. This is the green, soapy looking
material which resembles corrosion products of copper.

 

 

[Ham Sandwich]

Ha!  They've got a FAQ for green slime.  ::green_poison_control_mr_yuk_smiley::