How to clean the Siroflex Ultra

The Siroflex Ultra unscrews by hand for cleaning. A simple vinegar soak restores full flow. Step-by-step guide with photos.

Every shower head slowly clogs; minerals in the water crystallize in the holes until a great spray becomes a mediocre one. Most heads make you live with it. The Siroflex Ultra unscrews by hand and comes clean with a bowl of white vinegar, which is one of the quiet reasons it lasts decades.

If your shower has been getting weaker for months, do this before blaming your plumbing; a clogged face is the most common culprit, and the fix is free. (If it is genuinely a plumbing problem, the low water pressure guide is the next stop.)

You need: white vinegar; a bowl deep enough to submerge the spray faceTools: an old toothbrush

  1. Unscrew the head

    Turn the head counterclockwise by hand until it comes off the shower arm. No tools needed.

  2. Soak in vinegar

    Submerge the spray face in a bowl of white vinegar and leave it for about 30 minutes. The vinegar dissolves the mineral scale that clogs the holes.

  3. Brush the holes

    Scrub the spray face gently with an old toothbrush to clear any softened scale out of the 80 holes.

  4. Rinse and rethread

    Rinse the head in clean water, check the rubber washer is still seated, and thread it back onto the arm by hand.