How To Clean Headphone Cushion

Not only will cleaning your headphones help prevent it from rotting it also promotes good hygiene by minimizing the growth of bacteria.

How to clean headphone cushion. Make sure you dont remove the earpad lining material. Add another batch of 45 ºC clean. Dampen a cotton ball or Q-tip with rubbing alcohol and clean any nooks and crannies.

Cleaning over-ear headphones isnt an entirely different beast but you will want to be more delicate with the various parts. Start by removing the cushions from the earcups. Wipe gently avoiding applying too much pressure in a circular motion.

Remove the old earpads. This will avoid the headphone pads to soak moisture and the cushions to become moldy. Doing that helps reduce the risk of the pads soaking in moisture or the cushions.

Now fill a bowl with fresh water and mix a spoonful of laundry detergent. You simply wipe this on the same way you wipe while cleaning. Its advised to wash the fabrics with similar colors.

Start pressing and releasing the cushions under the water for about 4 minutes also scrubbing the cushion surfaces gently with your fingers to ensure no oilswaxes remain on the velour. With how often we use our headphones its a generally good practice to use a cloth dampened with soap to clean the ear cushions at least once a week. I believe the older razer headphones just use some foam padding but the new ones use gel infused memory foam which I would advise against putting in the wash.

Conditioning too often will lead to molding. Then just do the same for the other ear. Measuring circular headphone earpieces is fairly easy.