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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rejuvenating foam ear plugs

Posted: 1/10/2006 7:02:31 PM EDT

Gather up all the dirty, scuzzy, foam ear plugs (especially the smooth-surfaced orange ones that look like nipples) and put 'em in a little plastic mesh bag that small vegetables, garlic cloves, etc. come in from the grocery store. Hang it with a wire tie under the top rack of the dishwasher and run it through with the next batch of dishes. Use the "no heat" drying cycle. They come out looking new.

Posted: 1/10/2006 9:48:49 PM EDT

[#1]

Another method is to put them in a zippered pocket in your cargo shorts and wash/dry as usual. I learned this by wonderful accident!

Posted: 1/10/2006 10:43:45 PM EDT

[#2]

I just throw them away, They are cheap and disposable

Posted: 1/10/2006 10:44:55 PM EDT

[#3]

chuckem, why risk an ear infection

Posted: 1/11/2006 1:56:53 AM EDT

[#4]

I bought a jar of a hundred pairs for $5.....

Posted: 1/11/2006 2:34:17 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
I bought a jar of a hundred pairs for $5.....

Previously owned?

Posted: 1/11/2006 2:36:17 AM EDT

[#6]

uh remind me not to eat at your house

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:18:17 AM EDT

[#7]

put them in with your whites in the laundry....they are color fast...they come out clean and sterile...if you use a bit of bleach.....

I don't use foamies except at work...and only when I have to...I prefer the rubber plugs....but after years of having them end up in the laundry I have found they come out in brand new shape

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:22:18 AM EDT

[#8]

if you leave toilet paper out long enough the shit dries and flakes right off

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:23:30 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
I just throw them away, They are cheap and disposable

I refinish mine when I do my mags!

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:33:05 AM EDT

[#10]

I get them for free
...and so does anyone else who works in a factory

you probobly have friends who work in factories, tell them to hook it up!

Posted: 1/11/2006 2:48:56 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I get them for free
...and so does anyone else who works in a factory

you probobly have friends who work in factories, tell them to hook it up!

+1

i also bought a thousand pairs on ebay for cheap i keep some in the truck and the range bag so i never forget em.

Posted: 1/12/2006 1:56:39 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I bought a jar of a hundred pairs for $5.....

Previously owned?

ewww.....

Posted: 1/12/2006 6:34:26 AM EDT

[#13]

The dishwasher method works great for toothbrushes I find in people's garbage. I've saved a bundle.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rejuvenating foam ear plugs

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