How to clean the headphones?

Those who use expensive audio equipment, probably from time to time the question arises: how to clean the headphones? This is easy enough if you have all the necessary tools at hand. What exactly and what needs to be done, you will learn in this article.

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Do I need to clean my audio accessories?

Even if you are an incredible cleanlifter, still particles of earwax stick to the surface of the mesh, dust settles on top of it, which eventually turns into a persistent coating of black dirt. This is not only not aesthetically pleasing, but can also cause the growth of pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, all music lovers and those who often use headphones for calls, Internet communication and listening to audio books, you must know how to clean the headphones from sulfur, and do it regularly.

Important! Of course, if you use very cheap items, most likely it will be easier for you to buy a new accessory, rather than looking for options to waste your time and effort on cleaning the current one.

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How to clean the headphones?

The list of tools with which you can clean your headphones is quite simple - you will find almost all the necessary items and substances at hand in your home:

• cotton pads and sticks;
• clean paper or cloth napkins;
• alcohol;
• any glass cleaner;
• Scotch;
• hydrogen peroxide;
• any small container - the usual cap from any plastic bottle is best suited for this purpose.

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Clean the headphones - instructions

To clean white headphones from sulfur and other dirt, proceed as follows:

1. Remove rubber linings.
2. Soak a cotton pad in alcohol or a wiper and wipe it with all the wires and the outer surfaces of your audio accessory.
3. Pour a little peroxide into the lid with a layer up to 4 mm high.
4. Gently lower the headphones into this fluid so that only the outer mesh is in it.
5. Fix the accessory in this position with tape and leave for 15 minutes - the peroxide will dissolve the dirt and it will be easy to remove.
6. Moisten cotton buds in alcohol, wipe the rubber caps with it.
7. Remove the headphones from the soaking solution, wipe with a rag or cloth, but so as not to push the liquid into the equipment - it should not get into the contacts in any way.
8. Put on a flat surface on a rag to allow the audio accessory to dry completely.
9. Put back rubber pads.

Important! To more effectively remove dirt inside the mesh, you can use a vacuum cleaner after soaking the accessory in peroxide. Then proceed as follows:

• Make a small ball out of plasticine.
• Take a thin tube with a diameter equal to the hole cross section on the headphone grid.
• Connect them and insert into the hose of the vacuum cleaner.
• Turn on the equipment to the minimum mode and vacuum the mesh.

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Useful Tips:

1. Do not give your headphones to other people - this is an item from the “personal” category in terms of hygiene.
2. Regularly clean your ears, but do not abuse this procedure so as not to disrupt the natural secretory secretion in your body and not harm yourself.

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Clean your headphones at least once a month, following the advice we set out, and your audio equipment will work properly for many years!