Hold both earbuds drivers firmly with their components by your hand and shake them several times to remove water droplets as much as possible, thus to expedite the drying process. This step comes after the distilled water step, however, if you do not have distilled water at that moment when you need it, you can skip step 2 and go directly to step 3.
Hold both earbuds in your hand and start blowing air from your mouth into it several times, you could also use an air blower for that but keep a big distance between the earbuds and the air blower, blowing your earbuds by an air blower machine could ruin your earbuds because of the massive airflow, so be careful when intending to perform this step. Try using a dry towel touching the internal components of the earbuds firmly and smoothly to grab the extra wet and distilled water drops, try applying the same idea on different places of the driver on all sides.
This is the most important step in all the steps, bring a rice bag from your kitchen, uncooked rice, open the bag and insert both the earbuds with their drivers and components inside the rice granules. Be sure to keep this bag safely so no one uses it for cooking :. Keep your earbuds in the rice bag for around 48 hours. Uncooked rice can be used as a desiccant.
When you put your earbuds directly into a small bag of rice granules, the rice will absorb moisture over time. To prevent your earbuds and headphones from being wet you need to have a disciplined habit of storing your earbuds in a proper saving bag every time you finish using them and not by keeping them always in your pocket or putting them here and there. This way will not only prevent your earphones from being thrown by mistake in water or in a washing machine but also will prevent several chances of being damaged.
This is rare to happen that someone missed his earphones in his pocket while he was washing his clothes in the washing machine, or Bluetooth earbuds or Airpod dropped into water while jogging or so, at the end if this happens still there are chances you can get back your earphones like before if you take the precautions and the correct steps I mentioned above. But most of the time the headphones are not too wet, where you can apply a few steps and start listening from them again.
Though there is no way of protecting your headphones from water all of the time because stuff happens and we as people tend to get caught up in what the day brings us: rain, the pool, or even a spilled drink. But if the headphones do get wet and they can be fixed, then taking the time to fix them is better than shopping for new ones.
This method of fixing wet headphones is not a difficult task. However, it should be done as soon as possible to preserve and bring your headphones back to listening order. I looked up a way to fix the wet headphones that do not require a lot of work to get started.
Here are some simple yet less costly ways of fixing your headphones that got wet as shown by the company Shure with their FAQ These instructions are as follows:. Although these tips are for a name brand set of headphones that you might not have, the tips can be used for your name brand headphones as well.
A thing to remember when fixing your headphones is that not one person has the same pair of headphones, as all brands are different. The good thing is that there is more than one way to fix your headphones. In this video, Mika Candelaria shares how she uses the rice method to save her AirPods from water damages, including the best way to insert them into the rice.
Keep these two videos bookmarked for the next time your headphones are exposed to moisture so that you know that has had the problem of wet headphones. There is something that we did not go over as we were talking about fixing headphones that got wet. And that was whether the headphones were wired or wireless. Here are the steps to take after discovering the newly washed earphones:.
If the earphones do not work after following the above steps, please contact Shure Service in the United States, or the Shure agent for your country if outside of the United States. Find An Answer Browse our vast Answer database for answers to many common technical questions. Search the Knowledge Base Fields Title. Earphones in the Washing Machine. URL Name. FAQ Question. I forgot to take my Shure earphones out of my jeans pocket, and they were washed.
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