Grado Question

[morphsci]

I know we do not discuss headphones much anymore but I have question for the Grado experts. I have to replace the pads on a couple of my Grados (actually one is an Alessandro) due to the infamous pad disintegration issue. There is some residue on the wooden cups that I would like to clean off. It is pretty clean just using a soft cloth and soft brush but there is some residue that I would like to remove without harming the finish. Any suggestions would be most welcome. 

[Aura]

a forceful scrub with plain old mineral oil has worked for me on RS2 and HF2. 

[recstar24]

Bryan is correct - mineral oil is what’s recommended, at least for the wooden cupped headphones. 
 

EDIT: the stuff is pretty viscous and goopy, start with a small amount on say a q tip and just work it through slowly. 

Edited May 17, 2020 by recstar24

[dsavitsk]

Linseed oil soap is another option: https://www.earthandflax.com/product-page/ottosson-linseed-oil-soap-1-quart

 

[Voltron]

Plus one for linseed oil soap. Just used some today and it will not leave residue like mineral oil.

Oh, and I should say that I came across linseed oil soap because Doug recommended some other linseed oil products for a project awhile back. Linseed oil wax is also very nice, if you want to give the wooden cups some new life. 🙂

[morphsci]

The mineral oil worked fine for the HF-1 and HF-2 (thanks Bryan and Ryan) and it was easy since I had some in the house. The Alessandro MS-Pro will require more work so I ordered some linseed oil soap (thanks Doug and Al). 

[MexicanDragon]

Dammit. All you people getting the Grados out of storage are making me want to run to the office and get my HF-2s (and probably get some linseed oil to get my probably-disintegrated pads off/changed.

[Emooze]

Thank you all for reminding me I have a pair of Grados. Even if just the SR-80, I forgot how good these sound.