Clogged clipper blades almost cost me a Friday shift

Last month I skipped my usual blade cleaning for almost 3 weeks straight. Then on a busy Friday I had 4 clients backed up and my clippers just started chewing and pulling on everyone's hair. I spent 45 minutes disassembling, soaking, and brushing each blade set while customers sat there and waited. One guy got up and left after 15 minutes. I lost about $120 in cuts that afternoon plus the cost of a new set of blades I had to run out for. Has anyone else had a cleaning schedule slip and pay for it hard?

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daniel59311d ago

mark_thomas brought up maple syrup and milk, but I think he might be mixing up two very different messes. Hair clippings are nothing like liquid spills - they don't spread or soak in, they just pile up and get greasy from product buildup. In my experience, you can pretty much predict the cleanup time by how many heads you've done and what products you used, not what you "dropped." Just my two cents though, your mileage may vary on that.

sandrat2412d ago

That 45 minute cleanup sounds brutal... I felt the pain just reading it. I learned that lesson the hard way too back when I started.

mark_thomas12d ago

I mean, the weird thing nobody mentions is how the cleanup time actually depends more on what you spilled than how much. Like, I dropped a whole bottle of maple syrup once and it took me an hour because it kept spreading every time I wiped. Water takes like 5 minutes but you have to keep mopping cause it soaks into the floorboards. Spilled milk is the worst cause it gets sticky and sour smelling if you miss a spot. So maybe it's not just the 45 minutes that matters but what you're cleaning up in the first place.