puri
89 posts
May 31, 2013
8:26 PM
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I don't have one(yet). Couldn't afford one right now (have to fill up my gigging set first) but anyway, I'm a violinist by day and just thought about this last night - have any of you tried violin polish to clean your mic? If not, give it a try, there're cheap and one small bottle will last a year. The wood for the violin is flamed maple and when you finish rubbing/cleaning them with those the flames will come alive like a 3D picture! Might be different with the mic I don't know, it's also affect the sound of the violin as well (in a good way). Just a thought.
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walterharp
1106 posts
May 31, 2013
8:40 PM
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pretty much just hand grease.....
and greasy blues licks through my blows me away maple shell... :-)
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rbeetsme
1244 posts
Jun 01, 2013
5:10 AM
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Violin polish? I wonder how that would be on my acoustic instruments?
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Milsson
68 posts
Jun 01, 2013
6:58 AM
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Violins are french polished with schellac. Wood mics are probably sprayed with urethane clear finnish. Violin polish will not give the same effect on wood mics.
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Greg Heumann
2170 posts
Jun 01, 2013
9:00 AM
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BlowsMeAway mics are available with two different finishes. The "natural" finish is a hand rubbed shellac/wax combination. This can be cared for with normal natural wood soaps, oils and waxes. The vast majority of the mics I make however are finished with lacquer - the same stuff shiny electric guitars and pianos are finished with. At that point the wood is already completely sealed - you can't "replenish" it with oils. For all intents think of this as a shiny plastic coating - it will stay beautiful just from use. If you get scratches they can be polished out. You can apply a wax for a little more shine.
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/Greg
BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
BlueState - my band
Bluestate on iTunes
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LIP RIPPER
685 posts
Jun 01, 2013
10:53 AM
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All I have done is use mine Greg, and it looks great. I am curious why you aren't using urethane instead though. I asked my buddy that makes guitars this question and he said he wanted to do it old school.
LR
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Greg Heumann
2171 posts
Jun 01, 2013
12:49 PM
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I haven't been able to get the finish quality out of the urethanes I've tried - and I think modern lacquers are harder and just as durable if not more. Once you find something that works, though - you stick with it! So I haven't done a lot of experimenting because I'm really happy with what I use now - it is a commercial-only pre-catalyzed lacquer. About $80 a gallon.
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/Greg
BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
BlueState - my band
Bluestate on iTunes
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puri
91 posts
Jun 01, 2013
7:08 PM
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Ha ha, just a thought, guys.
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