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1st January 2012
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| Gear nut  Joined: Sep 2010 Location: United Kingdom
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Thread Starter | Too much dust on capsule
What's your opinion on the condition of this old U87 capsule? Is this too much dust? Is it easy to clean off? I don't know about reconditioning mics.... Happy New Year ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting |
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1st January 2012
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| Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2006
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doug walker in Ontario Canada is the man when it comes to capsules
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| Gear nut Joined: Sep 2010 Location: United Kingdom
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| Lives for gear  Joined: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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Tony Merrill in L.A.
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Unless of course you need your mic back in less than three years.
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Clicking on your Image Shack links brings up spam popup windows: "Your mac needs Cleaning! Click on the link to begin..." Consider directly embedding the link.
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5th January 2012
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| member no 666  Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, NC
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From the photos you posted the capsule doesn't look that bad [but unless you see something glaring - its pretty tough to make a capsule determination from a photograph]... if I were you [and be really glad I'm not!!] I would put the capsule back into the head basket, the head basket on the mic... make sure you're getting signal to some head phones and then breathe on the head of the mic like you're trying to fog a mirror. If the capsule shuts down for a second when you do that then your capsule is either due for a cleaning or you might want to have it checked out by an actual capsule specialist. If the capsule doesn't shut down when you do the "fogging" thing... then all is good and you can go on your merry way with a happy capsule that is most likely in good health. Peace
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6th January 2012
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Compressed air (held back a bit - don't kill it) for the loose dust, really soft artists' brush for the rest if you really need to. Little paint brushes are the best way to get dust out of the nooks and crannies of gear.
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6th January 2012
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+1 on the paint brush. Compressed air sometimes spits out the propellant and is a tough to regulate. I always keep a 1" wide paint brush near my outboard gear and console for dusting too... works really great.
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6th January 2012
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I've used a bulb brush designed for film negs & lens glass. It's got a really soft brush on one end and a bulb you can squeeze to shoot a gentle puff of air through the brush. B&H sells a Kaiser that looks OK.
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