while we're at it also... most of our common disinfectants are quaternary ammonium compounds. Dont put it on Lexan/polycarbonate. It will craze and disintigrate. I learned this the hard way years ago, but cleaning my polycarbonate lenses in my glasses with windex .. they got all crackly and broken near the rims where the contact time was longer.
That's a good idea.I bought one of the cheap UV "wands" that supposedly used UV-C. Then I bought a UV dosimeter card that tests for UV-C from a reputable supplier (Amazon B08R82JBBS). Turns out the wand did not emit UV-C.
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I have little LED UV-C wand that failed the dosimeter test... until I removed the plastic diffusion cover. The plastic blocked the UV-C while passing the UV-A component. The dosimeter card you link to should be used with new UV sources to determine wavelength and relative level of emissions. Good on you for knowing that proof is needed!I bought one of the cheap UV "wands" that supposedly used UV-C. Then I bought a UV dosimeter card that tests for UV-C from a reputable supplier (Amazon B08R82JBBS). Turns out the wand did not emit UV-C.
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@DaveySimps brings up a good point: the extra time things will take to do in the post-Covid era. Film production is already seeing this, finding that on a typical day everything takes 3 times as long.Seems very time consuming if you have many mics to account for. Still does not address the handheld portion of the mic that would still need to be sanitized. I wonder what the price point of the device would be?
We have gone to a wipe system that has a product with a 1 minuet kill time with no rinse needed. This is working well for us, and is quite economical. Finishes on the equipment are holding up with it. I did buy a stock of extra wind screens / grills for each mic to be able to put a clean one on each time in a 3 day cycle out of an abundance of caution.
~Dave
Yes, this is why two console manufactures specified "soap and water" as acceptable (damp cloth, no drips no runs). Disinfecting consoles requires a different approach from cleaning microphones, headsets, belt packs and other compact, high-touch devices.I have a warning about alcohol and polycarbonate. I spent many years in the compact disc industry and found that alcohol would instantly destroy a cd. A single quick wipe would leave the disc looking ok but it would explode if bent.
Michael
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