![]() I cleaned the heads for the first time on this Norelco 6843XL shaver today. ![]() What's a good practice for maintaining an electric shaver and getting comfortable shaves? I have various oils including 3-in-1, some sewing machine oil I bought at a sewing machine repair shop (it's unbranded, they evidently took oil in bulk and put it in a ~8 oz plastic container with a thin tube for application), mineral oil, and some other things. I could order Marvel Mystery Oil in quart size for under $4 at amazon. I'd never heard of using an oil (or whatever) with an electric shaver before. Reading Amazon reviews for those heads I came on one that said the heads last 10x longer if you use a "boundary lubricant such as Marvel Mystery Oil." I'd never heard of either, but am getting plenty of hits searching. My old Norelco 6843XL has dull heads and I just ordered new heads (HQ56). I like to shave with an electric razor then, if not a full smooth shave, at least enough where shaving with a blade is easy. However, occasionally I go longer than 2 days between shaves and I don't like blade shaving in those instances. ![]() And a trimmer is useless if it won’t cut.I have mostly shaved with blades my whole life (am male with full facial hair). Just as importantly, they won’t cut well. They’ll rattle, cause damage to the blades and eventually seize up. One thing you don’t want to do is run your clippers without oil. But there’s nothing like having the right product for the right task. If you run out of hair clipper oil, the light oils mentioned above will do in a pinch. It’s very inexpensive online and comes in quantities that will last for years. You might expect to find it at Walmart or Target, but you won’t in most areas. It’s available online from Amazon - although not at some local discount stores. The best approach is to buy a supply of clipper blade oil before yours runs out. They’re water displacers and rust inhibitors that don’t do much to make your trimmer blades work smoothly, at least not for very long.ĭon’t ruin perfectly good clippers by experimenting on them will lubes, greases and heavy oils that were never intended for such delicate cutting surfaces - or for contact with your skin. In addition to smelling terrible, they aren’t really oils. Perhaps surprisingly, WD-40 and other penetrating lubricants don’t work well either. They will gum up the works of your clippers and cause them to stop working. Vaseline is out of the question too, as are various door hinge greases and other things that are intended to cling. That means you should avoid motor oil and other dark, heavy oils intended for heavy machinery. Heavier oils, greases and water displacers aren’t good substitutes for hair clipper oil. The oil should spread itself around just fine. Then remove your finger from harm’s way and turn the trimmer on. Instead, you can touch a small amount of oil from the tip of your finger to the bottom of the exposed cutting surface while the motor is OFF. The instructions that come with hair clippers and beard trimmers usually tell you to apply a drop of oil to the blades when they’re running, but that can be tricky if you don’t have a dropper for your improvised oil. It’s very similar to real hair clipper oil like the kind you can buy that’s made by respected trimmer manufacturers. ![]() You could also try a light penetrating oil intended for small machinery. If you can fry an onion in it, it should work great on your hair clippers. Don’t use something fancy like extra virgin olive oil - which can’t withstand high heat - but the everyday stuff should be fine. If you can’t find any real hair clipper oil, you can try vegetable oil or olive oil. If you think about it, those little blades must move very fast and very close to each other, creating heat. You need a lightweight oil that can withstand very high temperatures. Stay with me here, and I’ll take you on a little tour of what to try - and what not to. So your clippers are rattling, the blades aren’t cutting well and you need to know what you can use instead. Even if it doesn’t leak out as mine usually does, you’ll soon use it all up. That little vial of hair clipper oil that comes with new beard trimmers, clippers and other small corded and cordless cutters won’t last you very long. Some links in this post are affiliate links.) As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. (This is real advice and opinions from a real person.
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