How to Clean Hair Clippers

It is important to keep your hygiene in check including your hair clippers since it gets in contact with your skin and scalp. Moreover, Giving good care and maintenance to your hair trimmer helps to keep the sharpness of the blades to give you a quick and sharp cut each time and avoid painful snag and nicks.

Why You Should Clean Hair Clippers

•The blades of clippers easily dull if you don't remove those hair clippings and dirt, and then you need to buy a new pair when your old clippers dull out! So you can save a lot of money by regular cleaning of hair clippers to retain its sharpness.
•Clean and oil your blades can reduce friction to get the best performance out of your hair clipper

•Clean your hair clippers is an effective way to prevent bacterial infections. Because hair clipper is able to host a lot of bacteria that may spread the disease.

Why You Should Clean Hair Clippers

How to Clean Hair Clipper

Step1: Remove Dirt and Extra Hair Bits

Take a designated brush to wipe off the wild hair bits stuck inside the blade compartment after each hair haircut to improve your hair clipper performance. You also can use a cosmetic brush or a useless soft toothbrush to sweep away any hair clippings and dust. Don't use cotton swabs or steel wool to clean the blades.

How to Clean Hair Clipper

Step2: Thoroughly Clean Hair Clipper

To wash your hair clipper thoroughly, detach the shaving head, metal guards, blades and comb attachments from the unit and then rinse them under your tap to wash away dirt, hair, oil. If your hair clipper is waterproof, you can wash your hair clipper under run water directly. Last, let it air dry.

Thoroughly Clean Hair Clipper

Step 3: Sterilizing Hair Clippers
The most important is to disinfecting the blades and accessories which helps to remove grime, reduce the risk of skin infections and lubricate your blades. You should disinfect the blade at least twice a month. There are two ways to sterilize hair clippers:
Using a clipper spray
Using rubbing alcohol or a store-bought liquid disinfectant
Here are the steps to sanitize a hair clipper with rubbing alcohol
Fill a dish with ½ inch of 70% Isopropyl alcohol
Soak the blade (not the shaving head or accessories) in the alcohol.
Leave it on for 30 seconds.
Wipe the blades with a gentle and dry cloth.
Oil the blades to lubricate it and then return it into the unit
Step 4: Oil the Blades
Oiling the moving blades keeps the sharpness of the blade, and helps resist corrosion and rust. If a sharp blade is not smooth enough, it will nick your face. What's more, Oiling your blades make it in great condition for many years.
How to Oil Your Blades
Go over to the sink and hold the clipper downward over it.
Place a drop or two of clipper oil onto the blade area

Let the unit run for a couple of seconds to evenly spread the oil along every blade and wipe the casing for any excess oil.

Oil the Blades