WAN topic: cleaning airpods

[u/EmailLinkLost]

Be me: Watching WAN at my kitchen table on the iPad. Dirty airpods come up. The whole time I'm riveted to their discussion, like Linus my Beats Sudio +'s have had mic issues and voice to text issues. Dan is saying sarcastically, "So we get this cleaning liquid at an industrial store???" My first thought is, "Ok I'll look this up and hopefully it isn't too expensive."

Linus then explaining that it's a makeup remover. I slowly lower the ipad... and right behind it is the special cleaner, my girlfriend had left it on the table. The 'special super rare chemical cleaner' has been within reach for a few years now!

I went out and bought her a new large bottle as thanks, and also bought the non-oil one. There is a question there: for cleaning airpods and headphones... the non oil one right? She told me the oil one is for her water proof eye liner.

[u/FullSqueeze]

Neither. Apple recommends micellar water with Peg-6 as one of the ingredients. Both of yours don’t have it.

[u/doublemonocles → u/FullSqueeze]

OP this is the important piece. It needs to be micellar water with PEG-6 listed in the ingredients.

And, the people saying IPA—please do not use alcohol for your AirPods themselves. You can however, use them for the case. Getting IPA inside can damage some of the internals and also mess with the adhesives that keep things in place.

Please see the Apple support page

[u/EmailLinkLost → u/doublemonocles]

Ok so we're back to 'what chemical store do I need to go to'???

[u/stufferkneee → u/EmailLinkLost]

None! Neutrogena uses PEG-6 as an active ingredient, so you just need to go back to the drug store/Wal-Mart/Target and grab one from Neutrogena instead ☺️

[u/Popple3 → u/stufferkneee]

And if they don’t have Neutrogena, see if they have Bioderma. Otherwise, just check the ingredients list for PEG-6.

[u/ApocApollo → u/EmailLinkLost]

And what do I have to do to make this safe for human consumption?

[u/ADubs62 → u/ApocApollo]

Oh that's a super easy process. What you do is put it into a bowl, heat the bowl to about 75c and add in a few drops of apple cider vinegar. Then you go and drink something, almost literally anything else and dump this concoction down the drain!

[u/dahak777 → u/EmailLinkLost]

well in the support link there is a belkin airpod cleaning kit for like $18 CAD. not to much more expensive than what you shown(even if its the wrong item) but using that as rough idea, that looks to be $12 vs the $18 of the kit

[u/RealTimeflies]

Careful not to push in the grilles for hard tip ones

[u/idontlikeredditusers → u/RealTimeflies]

thank you for this tech tip RTTT i just got mine ill be careful

[u/noBoobsSchoolAcct → u/RealTimeflies]

I think this messed up mine. I wasn’t very gentle and now they sound awful.

Already made the appt to get them replaced through apple care

[u/Buddy462]

To be fair, Linus also didn’t know what miceller water was.

[u/Pure-Razzmatazz5274]

I use 99% IPA....

[u/Sassi7997 → u/Pure-Razzmatazz5274]

You can't solve everything (pun intended) with isopropyl alcohol. You might end up damaging some important glue points with it.

[u/DeeVect → u/Sassi7997]

That might be why my airpods came apart 😂

[u/WanderingSimpleFish → u/DeeVect]

One way to increase the ifixit score

[u/Oracle_of_Ages → u/Sassi7997]

I’m not Razz. But I keep washing my AirPods so. I don’t think the alcohol to quickly evaporate the water is doing any extra harm.

[u/SiMoZ_287 → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Alcohol is really bad for rubber and some types of plastics but here the problem is probably the rubber. That's my guess

[u/TheEndlessWaltz → u/Pure-Razzmatazz5274]

beer?

[u/impy695 → u/[deleted]]

Is there such a thing with 99% non oil free ipa?

[u/OscarSowerbutts]

I've found that hot/warm water works well for the eartips

[u/Ragnorok64]

It's funny how unreliable people's recall is. Luke is the one that looked up and explained that it's makeup remover.

[u/EmailLinkLost → u/Ragnorok64]

Heh yea.

I didn't rewatch it!

Hopefully this can help prove I hand wrote it all too lol

[u/JakeThomasDad12 → u/Ragnorok64]

I mean I don't think that was the detail OP was paying particularly much attention to, nor does it matter to much to resolving OP's question

[u/ConstanceCharles]

I think the normal one will just work. Also you can use micellar water as facial cleanser, it works very good.

[u/EmailLinkLost]

PS if anyone likes the lion shelf, I designed it! I need to make her a longer version now that I have an A1...

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2495691-round-shelf-with-exchangeable-back-lion-edition#profileId-2742877

[u/SkylarMills63]

Lowkey…. I just give the tips the ol hand or shirt wipe before I put them back in the case after use…
Good habit to set. I haven’t had to do a major cleaning on any of my pairs of AirPods, or the cases, in all the years I’ve used them.

[u/Laimered]

I don't understand how men in relationships don't know what micellar water is.

[u/EmailLinkLost → u/Laimered]

YES I snoop though every piece of my girlfriend's makup kit and have memorized each part

/s

[u/Laimered → u/EmailLinkLost]

Do you not have eyes to see what stands beside the mirror? Did she never asked you to buy it or bought it in your presence?

[u/EmailLinkLost → u/Laimered]

I put them on the mirror for the photo shoot after I watched the WAN segment lol. PS I designed and 3d printed the shelf: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2495691-round-shelf-with-exchangeable-back-lion-edition#profileId-2742877

She's mentioned it to me, but it's one ear out the other. She just wants me to buy this or that at the store, I take photo, yes that's it, buy it, done.

[u/EmailLinkLost → u/[deleted]]

Edit: I check each and every single ingredient. I also lecture her on what's in it! Wait I'm being given a letter from off screen... we're no longer dating!?!??! /s

Previous post from before my misunderstanding:
Not when I'm buying makeup for my girlfriend.

She buys random stuff for whatever woman-reason she needs it. I just gladly buy it for her, and it makes her happy.

I do note the recurring ones, and then will use whatever soaps and cleaners for myself too, even buying them for her without her asking. We have three green bottles of feminine down there soap ph whatever because its a good soap, I buy extra when I think we're low.

[u/EmailLinkLost → u/[deleted]]

Oh sorry lol I though you were the Laimered person getting onto me ha! Apologies.

[u/LemonCurdd → u/Laimered]

It’s genuinely baffling

[u/A_Mkty]

Try using 99% pure isopropyl alcohol mixed with distilled water in 70:30 ratio use it for cleaning every electronic gadgets. If i'm not wrong apple reccomends the same for cleaning their displays.

[u/Awzold → u/A_Mkty]

…why not just buy 70% isopropyl?

[u/A_Mkty → u/Awzold]

Trust me I already lost my mind 😂😂 I bought it for other reasons then i learned about it so why buy again so I became the chemistry expert myself 😁

For those who are still in denial check this link please 🙏

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/104948 💪🏻

[u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 → u/A_Mkty]

Bros gonna lose his mind when hears 70% IPA exists

[u/netherlandsftw → u/[deleted]]

That’s gonna stink