Wish it was jus' my eyes, but nope in my cables. I had done a mobile session that had my mobile gear set up for about 10 days. I covered the DAW system, mic's were pulled but the canare cabling I have my tech create where let in place. Well as I was packing off the rig, I realized the cig smoke had sifted from the bands upstairs living quarters down into my mic lines! I do require no smoking around my gear, but wasn't wise enough to consider long term exposure to cables.
I picked up a bottle of Fa-breeze (sp?) and wiped them down (which took hours) and packed 'em back up in my road case. After almost 1 month later, I was horrified to open the case and get hit with that damn smell! So, I am open to suggestions to remove the odor (and will charge new client's a cleaning fee, should it be in any location that there are butt-suckers). Idea's??