[BC] Re: mic refinishing

[Glen Kippel]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Lotus Engineering 
<<mailto:loteng at lvradio.com>loteng at lvradio.com> wrote:
       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.

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I don't know for sure.  Does Sennheiser repair mics?  Or you could try

<http://www.wesdooley.com/aea/services.html>http://www.wesdooley.com/aea/services.html

and see if that is something he might do.  He normally specializes in 
refurbishing old RCA ribbon mics and building his own replicas.

Or, mask off the grille and have at it with a can of matte black 
spray paint.  That probably would be far cheaper.