How To Clean Foam Earbud Tips

They may just need a good cleaning.

How to clean foam earbud tips. If you have silicone tips foam tips or covers on the earbuds pop them off. After soaking use a cotton swab dipped in the soap mixture to give them a better cleaning. Plus silicone tends to be more durable than its foam counterpart and more affordable.

How to Clean Earbuds Foam Slowly and Gently. Scrub the tips and the grill well. Gently and very carefully try to take out the rubberized ear tip from your ear canal.

Cleaning products tend to disintegrate foam ear tips and water is generally the only recommended substance to use for cleaning. Do not clean tips with alcohol-based cleaning solutions. Take a tooth pick and scrape out the gunk from the eartip.

Follow the same method after two to three weeks. Tug gently on the earbud tip to try pulling it out. Any Lysol type wipe will be a good and an easy way to clean the bacteria away.

You should clean your foam tips occasionally to keep them free of wax and oils. Most audiophile in-ear headphones have foam tips and in general they are considered to be better in most cases from exercise to sound quality and insulation. Hold tip in place until you feel it expand.

Using a sanitation wipe can do the trick. Use a clean damp cloth to gently wipe down each model. For a quick cleaning to remove earwax etc fill a small cup or dish with enough hydrogen peroxide to cover the earplugs completely.