How to sharpen hair clipper blades

Ideally, the blades should be sharpened after each use, but this is usually done when cutting pain occurs due to the fact that the blades are dull and do not cut hair, but pull it out.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

Will need


To sharpen knives with high quality, you need to be patient, be precise and prepare the necessary accessories:
  • glass of sufficient size or a mirror as a base;
  • waterproof sandpaper with grit P 600 and P 2000;
  • small cylindrical magnet;
  • water source;
  • paper or soft cloth;
  • special lubricant (silicone can be used).

The process of sharpening a clipper


How to sharpen hair clipper blades

To tidy up dull knives, remove them from the machine and thoroughly clean them with a paper or cloth napkin to remove residual grease, dust and hair. Now they are completely ready for the sharpening process.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

1. Place ordinary or organic glass of sufficient rigidity on a horizontal surface.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

2.Place a sheet of P 600 grit sandpaper on the surface of the glass, which is quite enough for moderately worn blades.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

3. Wet (pour) a little clean water onto the surface of the sandpaper, which is necessary to form a water-abrasive suspension, which mainly provides sharpening.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

4. Then we begin, pressing lightly, to move the knife with the cutting surface along the sandpaper, tracing the trajectory of the number eight. This allows you to level out the inevitable errors of manual sharpening: after all, the “figure eight” is obtained by superimposing a reciprocating and circular motion. The duration of the operation depends on the degree of dullness of the knife and the material from which it is made.
5. Rinse the knife under plenty of water to remove all particles formed during processing on coarser sandpaper. If they remain on the blade, then when you switch to sandpaper with a smaller grain size, such particles will cause scuffing and the sharpening will be ruined.
6. Remove the first sheet from the glass and replace it with a second one, but with a smaller grain size of P 2000.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

We exactly repeat the operation performed in step 4. Except that the pressure can be reduced a little. And to prevent your fingers from becoming numb when sharpening knives for a long time due to their small height, you can install a round cylindrical magnet on the upper surface of the blade and use it instead of a handle.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

Water flows off with wear products.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

Result


How to sharpen hair clipper blades

The quality of sharpening is determined visually: if it is high, then the knife will have a mirror appearance over its entire surface and be very smooth to the touch. Before installing the knives in place, they must be lubricated with oil specially designed for this purpose.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

If there is no such lubricant, then silicone oil should be preferred to machine oil.It is absolutely contraindicated to lubricate knives with vegetable oil.
How to sharpen hair clipper blades

How to sharpen hair clipper blades

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Comments (9)
  1. Guest Mikhail
    #1 Guest Mikhail Guests 5 June 2019 13:49
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    GOI paste with machine oil on glass. Polish to a uniform matte surface. Then wash with detergent.
  2. Denis
    #2 Denis Guests 5 June 2019 17:27
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    The knives of all such machines are self-sharpening (this is even written in the description of the machines and in the instructions), so all such articles are nothing more than stupid parroting.
    1. Voicha
      #3 Voicha Guests 14 June 2019 15:28
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      And I think so. I have two machines and have never sharpened knives. The main thing is to eliminate the distortion of the clamp and sometimes lubricate it with regular sewing machine oil.
  3. Guest Alexander
    #4 Guest Alexander Guests June 6, 2019 08:46
    3
    hr... full! It will definitely jam - that's what I did. I have not yet found how to sharpen it CORRECTLY. There's a trick there that few people talk about. in short - sharpen the first knife not on glass, but on a slightly convex surface, and the second on the same surface only at 90 degrees relative to the first. The most tricky thing is the magnitude of this surface curvature.If anyone is interested, Google will help, I won’t explain it correctly.
  4. Guest Alex
    #5 Guest Alex Guests 7 June 2019 13:07
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    For many years they sharpened glass with crushed fine emery stone in oil.
    In this case, fragments of stone are used.
    But sharpening on a sheet of paper, which constantly jumps, forms “blockages” along the edges.
  5. Guest Sergey
    #6 Guest Sergey Guests 30 June 2019 17:58
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    We take diamond paste for grinding valves. Apply a thin layer between the knives. Add a couple of drops of oil. Assemble the machine and turn on for five minutes. We disassemble and look at the shine of the result. If there are gaps, we repeat the process. The paste is thin-yellow. Quick, excellent result, and I don’t even sharpen kitchen knives with sandpaper!
  6. Sergey Byvaly
    #7 Sergey Byvaly Guests May 6, 2020 11:08
    4
    After such sharpening, all that remains is to paint it in its original brown color and throw it away. The author has ruined his own knives and teaches others how to do it. At home, sharpening can only be done on thick glass with a solution of diamond paste in machine oil. And many will be outwitted because of crooked hands and hot heads. You also need to be able to hold it and know the directions of movement.
  7. Igor
    #8 Igor Guests 17 October 2020 09:09
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    The knives rub against each other perfectly during operation! Manual grinding can only ruin them.
  8. Stas
    #9 Stas Guests 1 December 2020 17:26
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    So, I’ve seen videos about sharpening with sandpaper for a long time, but I had my doubts. I decided to try it anyway. The finest sandpaper was 600, inserted it between the knives, wet it and turned it on for a minute, then took it apart, washed it, smeared it with toothpaste and turned it on for another three minutes for polishing. effect. I was surprised - the haircut has become better. The machine is Chinese for 800 rubles. It’s been working for 2 years now, I set it to zero and shave. Believe it or not, the result is positive.