If you have someone clip your dog, talk with them, ask them if they can actually clip and leave hair, go over the dog with them. some people think those few mats are not bad, but a groomer cannot get down under them with a 4 or 5 blade, nor do they have the time to de-mat an area, nor is it fair to the dog. What appears as brushed out to the owner is not always what a groomer calls brushed out. When a groomer is clipping your dog, usually we use a 10 blade if the dog is matted, if we can use a 5 or 4 blade (At least I do) then we do. REad the dirctions about cleaning, greasing your clippers. Some clippers do not work as well as others. If your blade will not go through the hair sometimes it is the angle which you hold your clippers that makes it difficult. You should oil the blades all over & wrap them in a brown paper bag if your not going to use them for months. Using wash is good, and spray but you have to oil the blades after that.Not the teeth. I use a tooth brush to clean out the fine hairs in the blades. I clip lots of dogs so mine is used all the time. But when your talking using your clippers just 3 or 4 times a year I would think that should NOT be a problem. If that is replaced then the blade will clip fine. The plastic gets worn down and many times the blade will not clip the hair properly. The lever is the plastic piece that goes back and forth when you have no blade on your clippers. The groomer used a 10 on Jasper - a bit short! lol I'd go with a 4 or 5. What do you call the lever? Actually the clipper was purchased just last summer. Also use Cool Lube to help cool the blades more quickly. As for cleaning, I keep blade wash close by and clean often. There isn't too much difference between a 5 or 4 when your clipping down. The length you leave most always depends on the dog is it brushed out or are there mats. Warm on the bottom is the blad is one thing, but hot,is another. I can do a sheepdog with one blade and it does not get hot. If you need to change blades many times through out the shave down of a sheepdog, your blade needs to be sharpened or your clippers need to be cleaned and the lever replace.
#Dog blade sizes full#
I have not used Ceramic blades, have many steel ones that hold their edge for a long time.į- is Full cut, leaves a little different look to a coat, but when your shaving down a dog most always your looking for a blade that will get through the hair. I had only one #5 blade but several 10 so when the 5 got hot, I could plop on the ten and work down below then switch back to the 5. I just did my two with a #5, but used the ten for legs and feet. A surgical blade is a #32, that's as close as a razor (or your money back! )ĪHHHHHHHH, as a long time user of #32 surgical blades (in my life previous as an OR nurse) I should have figured THAT one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't realize it was BLADE BLADE size!!!! Thought it had to do with the teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! an "F" on the end means (I THINK!) it's a "finish" blade, so the teeth are narrow and the cut is less streaky. The lower the blade number, the longer the hair. It adds about half or three-quarters of an inch, I think. I have a comb that is designed (I think!) to go on my #10 blade. If you used it directly on the dog he/she would be bald! The #40 will leave the hair 0.1mm so it is used for the combs. Kind of a pain.Īnd put in the blade size it will tell you hair length.or put in the desired hair length and it will tell you what size blade. The problems with the comb attachments is that if you hit any matting they will fall off. Which is better to use to leave the hair 1" - 1 1/2" long? A #4 or #5 blade or these combs? These are not for the Oster, but they have a similar set. What is the purpose of the #40 blade used with the combs like these?. THANKS!!!!!!!!! I was thinking 5 or 7, but he's brushed so 4 would work then.Īnyone have a preference Ceramic or steel?ĭoes the #5 or # 4 leave the hair longer than the # 10? Respond to this topic here on Ī # 5 if the dog has any mats in him, a #4 if brushed out. I need to know what size blade to buy to leave his hair about an inch all over. It will soon be spring and time to do a little clipping once again. Some of you may remember poor Tasker's getting skinned last fall when I clipped him for the first time.
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