It would have been very fast to put this one together, except that I started out by painting it red.studiodtk5 wrote:That looks amazing. When I saw the microphone body in the stripped and sanded bare metal I though it looked great that way. I thought you were going to leave it like that.
It looks good in the black rubberized too.
How long does it take you to make the custom mic upgrades?
I was going for something kind of unusual looking. Thought I'd try red and black. I had this paint I bought to use on a patio set. I stripped the white paint off the mic, and did not sand it. I painted it the red color (Rust-Oleum "High Performance" Enamel, Bright Red). I went heavy, in order to create an orange peel textured effect that would hide the raised imperfections. About 40 hours later, I go to put it together. I lay it down on that shirt for the pic, and it sticks to the shirt. It's destroyed. Long story short, apparently there was residue from the paint remover still on the mic body when it was sprayed red. Didn't have this problem with the yard furniture. No paint stripper was used. In fact, one of the chairs fell against my shirt just 30 minutes after being sprayed. Nothing happened. Didn't stick to me, and there was no impression in the paint.
Thinking the problem was the red paint (because this was before I tried it on the yard furniture), I decided on the $1.00 flat black from Home Depot. After trying all the more expensive paint, I keep coming back to this stuff. Dries fast, and is indestructible. When you spray it on metal, it comes out looking more eggshell or satin, than it does flat. This finish looks identical to the black paint on the 1990's PV mic (pictured earlier in the this thread). This time, I decided to sand it, so I wouldn't have to worry about covering up imperfections. You can leave them sanded/unpainted (as I did with that one 1980's PV), like an old Shure. The brushed stainless steel look. However (unlike the old Shure mics), every time you handle them, it leaves marks and discoloration.
As far as the rubberized black paint... That was applied flawlessly on the PBH mic shown a few posts back. But I learned it was not a good choice for a mic with a switch. It was nearly assembled, when I go to install the two small screws for the switch. As I tighten them, they begin twisting the paint off the mic. I abandoned that project. I peeled the rubberized paint off in one piece. That's a sanded one, and I've chosen to spray it red. I'll let it sit around for a few weeks, then maybe do the black and red thing with it. The black rubberized paint would have been a good choice for this "custom mic" I just did (no on/off switch). But after the red paint debacle, I wanted something that was easy to apply, has a faster drying time, and is tough.
Otherwise, most of the time spent on the all black mic in the last post, was just planning what to use with it. I have this box of mics I use for parts. I've been taking cartridges from them, as well as rubber parts to adapt other cartridges for installation in different mics. There's a different box for parts from Peavey mics. Anyway, while I was painting the patio set, I missed a great deal on Ebay. Two (used) working PVM 22's just sold for $23.95 plus $7.49 shipping. About $15 each. The paint was in rough shape, but I could have repainted those (below the collar with the printed labels, which looked fine). The one grill could have easily been straightened. Access to the tops of those is so easy. Of course, to outbid, I might have ended up paying $20 or $25 each. Who knows, but still a deal.