Home Pet Clipping Tips
- Different clippers are designed to clip different types of hair-coats. Heavily
coated breeds or dogs whose coat is matted or heavily tangled require stronger,
better quality clippers than light coated breeds.
- The faster a blade moves, the easier and faster it will cut. Better quality
dog clippers have
faster motors.
- How fast a blade moves is dictated by the quality and strength of the motor in the
clippers as well as how well you lubricate the blade while you clip. Kool Lube
lubricates your blade as you clip to keep its movement free and unimpeded.
- When a blade is moving, friction creates heat which makes the blade get hot. Test
the blade against your cheek or against the inside of your forearm (like a baby
bottle) to be sure it isn't uncomfortably hot for your pet. Kool Lube keeps your
blade cool.
- Different blades leave different lengths of hair. The lower the blade number, the
longer the hair. ie; a #4F Blade leaves 5/8" of hair and a #10 leaves only
1/16" of hair. The #10 is used for smooth or summer cuts. The #4F for
"fuzzy" cuts.
- Skip tooth blades cut faster through dense, matted hair, but their clips is rough
and not attractive. Use a skip tooth blade for the first pass "rough in" and then
smooth your grooming with a full tooth blade.
- Smooth faces, feet, the pads of the feet, groin and tummy & anal areas can
usually be clipped very close with a #10, #15 or lightly with a #30 or #40 blade to
clean them of hair.
- Never clip a dirty dog. Dirt and products such as flea powders destroy the cutting
surface of your blade.
- Never clip a wet dog. It is too hard to get through the coat.
- Clipping against the hair growth pattern leaves shorter hair than clipping
with the hair growth.
- Store your blade clean, coated with Kool Lube, wrapped in a paper towel and enclosed
in a plastic, air-tight baggie to prevent corrosion from humidity on the cutting
surfaces.
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