[Durandal]

Hi. I have a pair of Sennheiser HD580 headphones and I love them. The ear cushions, however, are starting to get dirty and need some serious washing.

How should I go about washing these in a way that will be effective and without damaging the headphones in any way?

Thanks,

-Dur

 

[Audio-Me]

Try these:
http://sennheis.4ecommerce.com/mivas...tegory_Code=HJ
It would be a good idea to buy them in two pairs or more... I wouldn't bother trying to clean them, that would spread the nastiness all over the place.

 

[stand_1998]

Can anyone suggest a method for cleaning the headband and ear cushions?

 

[ericj]

Washing machine. Gentle cycle. Warm water.

 

[AsTimeGoesBy]

I clean the earpads of my AKG K701 by handwashing in dilute Woolite. Let them dry on the insect screen (to provide good ventilation at the bottom part) with fan blowing for a day. It works out great.

 

[null_pointer_us]

Clear tape works surprisingly well for removing loose dust, dirt, skin, hair, etc.

If you are worried about pulling the fabric up, use tape that's not quite as sticky.

For more stubborn things like wax and oily residue, (very) lightly scuffing the fabric with a fingernail loosens the dirt so that you can pull it up with tape or a vacuum cleaner.

But yeah, washing's probably the most thorough and gentle method.

 

[null_pointer_us]

For washing, what's the best way to remove the ear cushions?

 

[krmathis]

A warm damped soft cloth

 

[Zorander]

Holy thread resurrection!

 

[obobskivich]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorander /img/forum/go_quote.gif Holy thread resurrection!

new members are fun like that

 

[wnmnkh]

Wow, 7 years old thread.

 

[obobskivich]

and $5 says the champion who revived it not only never comes back to read the responses, but never posts on head-fi again (because thats how awesome the average new member is)

 

[Uncle Erik]

Has anyone ever seen "Silkwood"?

 

[obobskivich]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Has anyone ever seen "Silkwood"?

given that I wiki'd it just to know what it was, I'm gonna go with: no, I have not

why?

 

[Oggranak]

Well, it's better to have a thread resurrected to continue discussion of one topic than to start a new one, IMO. At least this way, perhaps the entirety of Head-Fi's pad-cleaning knowledge will be stored within one convenient thread, rather than many.