'HAND GASKETING'

I was just thinking about the bizniz of making components relating to LORD MICROPHONE fit the best they can, upping the efficiency of the various parts in play: GASKETING.

My usual focus is on the mic's internals, protecting and sealing the element within the mic's grill and the inner chamber of the back shell. What about applying these fundamentals externally? Methods of creating exterior seals to facilitate and perhaps improve 'CUPPING'?
Years ago I worked with a band in which I spent a lot of time playing hand percussion gizmos (maracas, tambourine, cow bell, etc.) along with my main chores of singing and playing harp. This was several hours a night, several nights a week. I discovered that wearing bicycling gloves really helped cut down on the wear and tear my hands were subject to. Now, there were songs during which I would need to switch back and forth from percussion to harp. I got in the habit of keeping those gloves -you know what they look like: Webbed backs, slightly padded palms and heels, fingerless- on my hands during the tunes where both harp and percussion occurred. It became second nature to me. Thinking about it today, I have a very clear recollection of the physical experience and also how the resulting sound was changed by the presence of the "expanded skin" provided by those bike gloves.
This might be something you'd like to experiment with yourself. See what the effects on your grip and cupping might be. Bike gloves, golf gloves, batting gloves, fingerless or not. Latex, nitril, leather. Note: Even tho baseball season's underway I'd suggest you forgo the catcher's mit...