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How often do you clean them, and how? Any cautionary tales?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It needs to be done carefully. If earwax has gotten onto the grill, it's easy to squish it into the grill and your earbuds will sound extremely muddy and quiet. I usually try to prevent this by removing any visible wax collecting on the rubber ear bud. If it's on the grill anyways, remove the rubber earbuds, add a drop of hydrogen peroxide onto the wax and let it sit for a minute. Afterwards use a toothbrush at an angle to "scrape" the wax off. This is to prevent mushing the earwax into the grill mentioned previously.

If the earbuds are muddy you can attempt to use a finer brush and scrub vigorously. It's a little gross but you can blow on the grill to clear it sometimes. God forbid don't suck.