How To Clean Foam Earplugs

Reach over your head with a free hand pull your ear up and back and insert the earplug well inside your ear canal.

How to clean foam earplugs. This will kill any bacteria or microbes that may be present. To dry them place them on top of a clean. You can try this on your disposable ear plugs but they are called disposable for reasons - they will most likely deteriorate in quality after this resulting in worse noise cancellation and you may find it more difficult to shape them into a cone.

Place the earplugs in the water and rub them around with your fingers or a soft cloth to remove the dirt. Do not immerse the electronic earplug in water or any solution. If theyre quite dirty you can use your fingers or a clean toothbrush to gently scrub the earplugs to remove ear wax and dirt.

If the earplugs are composed of foam wipe off any debris with a dry clean cloth. If your earphones have foam covers you can also remove and clean those with warm water and soap. Cleaning and care tips.

The more often the earplugs are worn the more pollutants increase. With clean hands roll the entire earplug into the narrowest possible crease-free cylinder. Use cleaning gel to remove remaining dirt.

If you have silicone tips foam tips or covers on the earbuds pop them off. They are not disposable but they are starting to be a bit dirty hot soapy water would be my guess you may not get all of the wax and dirt out of them since foam tends to absorb that stuff but clean as best you can and then rinse a few times and squeeze them in a dry towel until you have them mostly dry and let them air dry. Soap can work well but hydrogen peroxide is also recommended by many audiologists.

I recommend refilling the cup you used with more warm soapy water and repeating the same steps to clean them as well thats what I used to clean mine. Of course if the earplugs have a storage container than you need to clean it as well. They may just need a good cleaning.