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Subject: 2. Re: water resistant, acoustically transparent fabric
From: "Klas" klasstrandberg
Date: Sat Sep 23, 2017 5:20 pm ((PDT))
I would not spray silicon on a microphone without knowing very well what
I was doing.
An experience I have of silicon, is that if you spray it on wind
protection foam, rain goes right through the foam, instead of  being
(partly) soaked up.
If I really needed to protect my microphone, I would use a condom. It
affects the sound very little and doesn=B4t rattle.

Klas

On 2017-09-23 23:23, Peter Shute  [naturerecordists]
wrote:
> This is their response: "We just give a quick spray of silicon spray from=
 a hardware store. We haven't done any extensive testing but it helps prote=
ct them."
>
> I've asked for further details. Note that on that page they refer to the =
Olympus LS-7. That recorder allows for timed daily recordings.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 23 Sep 2017, at 11:16 am, <=
i.rr.com>  [naturerecordists]<<natur=
>>  wrote:
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> I'm guessing they mean "silicone" rather than "silicon". One is a polymer=
. The other is a particularly hard mineral.
>
> Please do let us know what the authors say. I'm curious if their silicone=
 treatment reached the diaphragm, or if they were spraying it on the outsid=
e of a filter material like the ones that were mentioned earlier in this th=
read. Given the number of photos they put in the document, I wish they had =
a picture for the silicone treatment, too.
>
> Good news is the stuff is really easy to get, if it's what I think it is.=
 Most auto parts places and hardware stores sell it.
>
> Good find!
>
> Tom
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> Posted by: Peter Shute<>
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> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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