How To Clean A Bathroom Exhaust Fan Quick & Easy (It's Unbelievable How Dirty They Get!)

[@iluvwanesworld]

David if I had you clean my fan, I would be so upset with you not cleaning the dust from my fan outside… all that dust you’re brushing off is going into the air, no less the floor. Living in the Phx. area, I would just take a hose to that puppy and squirt it clean like I do all my appliances. One of the joys of living in a dry climate!

[@rhyrugby]

Thank you! However, is it possible if you can show how to remove and install back the fan? That would greatly be appreciated.

[@MitsuFoxy]

It looks like my apartment never cleaned the vents. I'm disgusted by how much I just had to clean out. Thank you for the video, it was incredibly helpful!

[@claudiauseda4261]

Thank you so much for the video. I Save money instead of calling the HVAC I did it myself 🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@cmvdouglas]

Excellent explanations and clear how to do video! thank you

[@lalolalo1233]

Thanks for the tips man. Yeah, these thing run about 100 bucks, but one still have to clean the actual exhaust metal assembly like you did. After seeing all of that yuk lint, I'm cleaning mine every six months from now on lol. Thanks for the vid.

[@Straycurrent]

Good advice, something neglected so commonly. BTW, that is a good vacuum you have. I miss my Rainbow I had for 30 years or so.

[@bluecollarmillionaire4life]

Yes I love the rainbow They last for years

[@GadgetsGearCoffee]

how did you disconnect that plug? I have something similar and can't dislodge it and I don't see a pin to make it easier, there might be one but it's hard to see

[@reynaldopacheco16]

Its so good to know what you showed in this video thank you for the info appreciate it

[@DWTalentsProduction]

Love the Pro-Tips. Thank you 🙏

[@bigman55434]

I have a Delta Breeze exhaust fan with a plastic squirrel cage fan, only 3 years old. Worse than what you show, but nothing came off nearly that easily. It was a sticky mess. I scraped on it with a screwdriver, stiff bristle brush, stiff toothbrush, and vacuum for an hour. It's better, but still not clean. I'm thinking the glue holding all that crap onto the fan blades is residual hairspray. It set up like concrete on the blades, and will not come off. I'm thinking it needs some soap and water, and more scrubbing. What a pain in the ars. Fortunately Delta had the foresight to make the entire fan motor assembly easily removable. I agree these need to be cleaned often. I had no idea how often. I actually ordered a second fan, so I can just swap out the dirty one, and then take my time cleaning it.

[@TheMarinadoeshair]

Hairstylist here - you are absolutely correct the aerosol makes that hairspray go up and it will catch in your fans and then any dust and dirt will stick like glue ! There are several ways to remove hairspray buildup. My favorite is alcohol . First brush away, visible debris with a brush and vacuum. next spray alcohol all over your fan cage, if you can remove it from the motor- even better. (if you save a sprayer from another product, you can rinse it well with water and it will fit perfect on a bottle of alcohol.) use paper towels to remove the gummy buildup. Repeat as needed until clean. (if you were able to remove the wheel from the motor, then I would take it step further and wash with soapy, water, rinse, and air before reassembling.

[@bigman55434]

@ I found that Dawn power wash is the best way to clean these. It dissolves all that hairspray and sticky mess. You just need to be careful not to get it in the motor or electronics

[@bq6162]

Compressed air works great to dislodge a lot of the larger debris in the fan blades.

[@SeanBZA]

That is still clean though, where I used to be those fans would have a thick coat of black gunk on them after a month, and they were cleaned monthly as well, using a stiff bristle brush and an annual washing. Thick gunk would stop the fan blades up and then burn out the motor on the cheap ones, so went instead to a larger fan assembly only that could handle the stuff. Was 500m from the harbour, so you had all the soot from the ship engines, plus all the diesel trucks that drove past to and from the harbour, plus the diesel locomotives that did shunting there and moved containers around. AC units would be rotted out after under 3 years there, despite the best efforts you made to protect them during installation and coating the coils. Outside the coil looks pristine, but look inside by the fan and it was either just a row of pipes and a pile of muck, or the whole lot was solid corrosion and black goo. Wash it out and you get lots of silver flake in the water, though the worst was the ones with tinsel coils, as there you also had a collection of pigeon feathers enough to make a pillow stuck in the coils. That one monthly service included a wash down with a hosepipe, just to keep the feather problem down, though funny enough the 40 year old Carrier unit next to it (came with the building) never had any problems other than the indoor unit fan failing, and being unobtainable, so I had to do some work to get new bushes into the motor, strangely enough from a dead cheap standing fan that I had yet to toss into the scrap yard pile. Perfect fit, though I had to oil them, seeing as the original failure of that fan had been the manufacturer deciding 0.1c of oil was too much. Bushes and felt pads went in dripping oil.

[@bluecollarmillionaire4life]

Thank you for your comment I appreciate you watching

[@mustangdbest220]

You can take out the C clip or the clip and remove the blower fan and clean it’s in the hot water and get out all of that dust because I’ve done it lots of times

[@mustangdbest220]

@@Red4Travel Really ohhh

[@mustangdbest220]

@@Red4Travel I made a video I few days ago of it

[@wandalee3857]

Thank you so much for your advice.

[@cathleenfernandes279]

Do I need to turn the power off at the main switch to unplug the fan in my bathroom first?

[@bigman55434]

Just turn off the switch on the wall. The fan motor should just unplug from the electrical junction box, similar to how a hardwired smoke detection connects. At least that's how mine is (Delta Breeze fan).

[@viajesmodahogarsaludymas8513]

Thank you!

[@Spiritualtalk111]

I did mine before watching and just shoved a Tooth brush up in side each groove . Only did one side but got a lot out ! Always unplug the fan first. 😬🤪

[@Randylazz]

A little TLC and she’s back up and running................😎

[@bluecollarmillionaire4life]

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure Thanks for watching

[@serge4856]

You should probably do this outside.

[@jamespratt1459]

😢 5:16 5:18 5:19

[@RussFedorov]

That's a lot of dirt