Anybody have trouble with oil inside the ear socks?
I've had a lot of trouble with unobtainium disintegrating in a relatively short time. Bought a pair of X-Squared BNIB in August, then sent in my Juliets for a tuneup. I wore the X-Squared for a month or so exclusively (though that's not terribly often, since I don't wear them while working, and work through the daylight hours all week), then put them away after a cleaning and wore the Juliets again for a while. When I pulled them out of the case and bag, the earsocks had begun to mushroom at the ends and twisted freely on the stems, despite having been fitted so tightly that they never rotated when I put them away. I've got spares for the Juliets, but Oakley hasn't had rubber for X-Squared for quite some time, even in the warranty department.
I can clean out the nosebombs without TOO much trouble, but getting into the earsocks with anything capable of cleaning them out seems difficult, especially as they've already started to mushroom--at which point they generally start splitting at the ends.
I guess the question is, how do I get rid of this, and how do I prevent it from happening in the first place? Also, who makes the best aftermarket rubber, and would I be happy enough with something non-hydrophilic that I could just switch over and not worry about the rubber falling apart?
Thinking I might try soaking them in soapy water, but I doubt much short of dish soap would take out the oil completely.
I've had a lot of trouble with unobtainium disintegrating in a relatively short time. Bought a pair of X-Squared BNIB in August, then sent in my Juliets for a tuneup. I wore the X-Squared for a month or so exclusively (though that's not terribly often, since I don't wear them while working, and work through the daylight hours all week), then put them away after a cleaning and wore the Juliets again for a while. When I pulled them out of the case and bag, the earsocks had begun to mushroom at the ends and twisted freely on the stems, despite having been fitted so tightly that they never rotated when I put them away. I've got spares for the Juliets, but Oakley hasn't had rubber for X-Squared for quite some time, even in the warranty department.
I can clean out the nosebombs without TOO much trouble, but getting into the earsocks with anything capable of cleaning them out seems difficult, especially as they've already started to mushroom--at which point they generally start splitting at the ends.
I guess the question is, how do I get rid of this, and how do I prevent it from happening in the first place? Also, who makes the best aftermarket rubber, and would I be happy enough with something non-hydrophilic that I could just switch over and not worry about the rubber falling apart?
Thinking I might try soaking them in soapy water, but I doubt much short of dish soap would take out the oil completely.
