Turn your hair clippers off and turn them upside down. Turn on your hair clippers and let your hair clippers run for 15 seconds, allowing the oil to work around the blades. (A wahl clipper was used for this photo but the same process applies for Andis clippers too.) Place a drop of oil on either side of your hair clippers Place 3 drops of oil across the front cutting row of your hair clipper Oil reduces the friction between the blades allowing them to glide past each other and cut better as a result. ![]() If you don’t oil your clippers or haven’t oiled them in a long time, then don’t be surprised if your Andis Clippers don’t cut. Your blades could be rusted and need cleaning.īut to really get into in-depth cleaning, I cover everything in my how-to-clean-a-clipper guide. When you remove your blades, give them a check too. When the interior of your clippers is clean, your clippers’ overall function is just so much better. Therefore, you need to get inside and clean them deeply. ![]() Without you even realizing, the inside of your clippers could look like this: If you really want to solve the root of all your problems problems, this is the most important type of cleaning. Now take the blade care solution and place it in a container and dispose of it. Step 4:Īfter you are satisfied with how clean your blades are, take out your clippers and wipe away any excess blade care solution. If hair is still trapped, try grabbing a toothpick and slowly trying to scrap the hairs out from the cutting blade teeth. A lot of places even sell custom plates you can bolt right on.When hair gets trapped in between the cutting blade teeth, instead of the metal touching your hair to cut, it’s actually just the trapped hair that does the ‘cutting’ – so your clippers don’t actually cut at all! This method helps to remove those hairs.Īllow your clippers to run in the solution for 10-20 seconds and watch the micro hairs leave your clipper’s teeth. Honestly if aesthetics is what draws you to a certain clipper I was recommended getting a Wahl or Andis clipper and finding someone on IG who customized clippers. Anything new on the market today is cheap Chinese crap because you will have a hard time getting clippers made in the US and still make good money on them unless you are established like Wahl or Andis. But for how long? Wahl or Andis is trusted in the barber community and has been for very long time for a reason. I’m not saying they don’t cut good cause they probably do. You can get on Alibaba order some gold clippers with your last name on them and throw an American flag on it and you have the same thing Gamma is selling you. I think it’s a cheap Chinese clipper that is visually appealing marketed to be “hitters” throw a Italian flag on it so people don’t think it’s a Chinese clipper. ![]() No but if you search them up it’s hard to find where they are really from or info about the company like you can find about Wahl or Andis. Please refrain from posting for data points in your survey or research paper. Moderators reserve the right to remove content at their discretion. Please go to /r/CutYourOwnHair or similar Subreddits to discuss this topic. Posts about cutting your own hair are not the intended use of this sub. You must not promote your products or services via comments on other users posts. If you would like to make a self-promotional post, please send the mods a message first. Otherwise head over to /r/MaleHairAdvice for enquiries about what would suit you. Show some reference pictures to your barber and they will be able to more accurately discuss what will/will not suit you. No posts/screenshots asking about haircuts. ![]() Questions and discussions about barbering are welcome, as well as sharing photos of your work. All content must be related to barbering.
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