Anyone tried making their own ear moulds?

octatonic

Emp_Fab said:

How do you mean?  Tape where?  I'm imagining a two inch wide band of duct tape around my head like Rab C Nesbitt.

Make sure it goes over your mouth too.

Drew_TNBD

And up yer arse.

Emp_Fab

  

Hey, you've just given me an idea for a combined sex toy and throne thumper for drummers.

Danny1969

The Shures normally come with the soft foam and hard foam buds of different sizes, I like the hard rubber ones, looped over ear and then small bit of tape stops em coming out. Some people like a little lube       

https://alclair.com/monitorshop/ear-gel-lubricant/

PolarityMan

Emp_Fab said:

PolarityMan said:

have you tried all of the different tips and none of them make a good seal? I got like 10 different ones with mine

I had the same set of tips but I've only tried one size so far. It's not that they don't make a good seal but that they hurt after an hour.  I also don't like the pulling of the weight of the wire on the back of my head - it keeps pulling them out slightly.

I wonder if silicone sealant would work and whether it would harm my ear while curing ?

You can shape the firmer bits near the actual drivers so they hook onto your ears and relieve the weight

Emp_Fab

You put tape over your ears ??

Sporky

You don't?

Emp_Fab

Er... no actually.

stickyfiddle

Emp_Fab said:

@stickyfiddle Are you talking about the squeezy yellow foam ones?

The ones that came with mine were a dark grey. I have three different sizes

Emp_Fab

Yeah, I've got those too.  However, experimenting last night I discovered a likely reason for them hurting...  the two halves of the plastic casing on the left one (and a bit on the right too) did not line up perfectly.  There was a tiny lip / ridge that was irritating my ear.  A quick Dremel later and I think I may have sorted it.  Only time will tell.  I'll find out on Wed when I use them at band practice for several hours.

Sporky

Emp_Fab said:

There was a tiny lip / ridge that was irritating my ear.  A quick Dremel later and I think I may have sorted it.

You Dremelled your ears?

This thread is turning out better than my greatest hopes.