How To Clean Ear Wax Out Of Your Ear

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[Request] How do I clean the era wax out of these ear buds? I feel like any kind of scraping will also inevitably push some of the wax through the speaker grill into the bud as well.

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hydrogen peroxide. don't submerge the buds in it but dip it in and repeat.

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The correct answer. I dip a qtip in peroxide on one side, and leave the other dry. Alternate wet and dry on the buds and you're set

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· 5y · edited 4y

These aren't the droids you're looking for...

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Think rubbing alcohol would work? 91-99%is what I'm thinking.

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Fold a post it so the corners are sharp and then SCOOP DAT.

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This is what I do. Makes me feel clean afterwards.

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Silly putty. I use it for this almost weekly. It is thick, yet pliable enough to stick a tiny bit into each of the holes in the mesh without tearing when you pull it off. Just press it on for a second or two and pull it off.

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How often can you do that before the ratio of earwax to silly putty is unmanageable?

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Or Blue Tac! I've just discovered this last year! It's amazing and it works perfectly. Work the blue tac until it's soft and push it into the ear piece. When you pull it out, you'll see a ton of the gunk come with it. Repeat until it's totally clean. This also works for the speaker holes on the phone itself.

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Have you tried using a toothpick?

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Yeah that falls into the scraping category for me. I can peel some of it out via toothpick, but to get the stuff that's in the grill out... thats the question.

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I use a paper clip. Same idea

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I'd also suggest not waiting an entire era to clean something.

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I scanned this whole page for it and you're the only one to make joke about 'era' wax.

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Use something to suck it out, like your mouth for example.

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