[BC] mic refinishing

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

I've done this before with a RCA 77DX and a Neuman U-47.

Carefully remove everything so you have just the container.
Bring it to a paint shop that does electrostatic painting.

They will throw it is a vat to remove all the old paint, put
it in a tumbler where it is bathed with sand for an hour, then
hang in in a booth and zap it with paint that clings by electrostatic
forces. If you are not too picky about the actual color, the
process can be inexpensive because they will do it at the same
time some other customer's product is being painted.

The result will look better than new and be better than new if
they use epoxy paint.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lotus Engineering" <loteng at lvradio.com>

	Does anyone have any suggestions on how to refinish the surface of 
some Sennheiser (and other) mics that we use on remotes?  The black 
finish wears off badly looking horrible. We have not had as bad a 
problem with other mics, like the Heil and some of the Shure, but our 
folks like the sound and feel of these Sennheisers.  Is it a simple 
matter of repainting, and if so, what kind of paint/preparation would 
you suggest.  I can't see just discarding a $200-$300 mic just for 
it's looks when it still sound great.

  Bill