subject: Properly Caring For Your Hair Shears [print this page] Properly Caring For Your Hair Shears Properly Caring For Your Hair Shears
Choosing the best pair of hair shears does not necessarily guarantee good performance. Although these shears might be made of the finest materials, it might fail to give quality service if it is badly maintained. So in order for the shears to properly work, and in order to avoid damages to its parts, it must be appropriately cared for. Here are a few basic steps in maintaining your shears' good quality.
The first is cleaning. Shears could be exposed to wear and tear due to frequent usage, so for it to be avoided, the shears must be cleaned after every haircut is done. Just wet a soft towel with water, and then use it to wipe the shears' blades. Regularly wiping your shears could lessen the build-up and clogging of hair-strands and hair chemicals in your shears' blades. In doing this, be very careful not to accidentally cut your fingers! After this, wipe the shears dry and store it in a safe, dry place.
The next step is lubrication. Use mild honing oil in doing this process. Just put the oil at the shears' joints, putting about two drops of oil and then wiping it dry with a clean fabric. You can also open the shears to its entire length in order to disperse the oil. Lubrication would be very necessary in order to remove traces of hair or other debris which were stuck in the shears. Honing oil would also provide a protective coating for the shears, making it less vulnerable to damages and rust.
The next step is sharpening. This is truly important in preserving the shears' quality, because its blades would be made as sharp as it were before. Due to frequent usage, the shears' blades might already be blunt, so it is necessary to restore its sharpness through habitual sharpening.
The last step is proper storage. Make sure that your shears are stored in a container or case which would not expose it to damage. You should also search for a safe storage place, in order to prevent the shears from causing any accident.
