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Treating the blades with a fungicide will maintain hygiene between uses.
Clipper blades are sharpened using sharpening hones. It is best to trust a professional to do it for you.
Beck's Blades and Repair sharpens clipper blade sets for 5.00 (small) and 6.00 (large).
Yes, they should be oiled a minimum of once a day, and before every grooming.
Definitely not. It is important to get your clipper blades sharpened by a professional, as it takes precision tools and equipment, a lot of skill, and attention to detail.
It is important to get a professional to sharpen your clipper blades. It takes precision tools, experience, skill and attention to detail.
The angle of cut and tight fit of the blades.
This really depends on how you are using the clipper blades, and how often you use them. If you are grooming several coarse-haired, or thick-haired animals in a day, you could need to sharpen them after only a few days. Typically, a sharpener gets blades from the same customer 2 to 3 times a year. It does however depend entirely on how much use the clipper blades are going through, and how they are taken care of.
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A #4 or #5 would be best for this situation.
This really depends on how often you are using it, and what you are using them for. Typically though, you would probably sharpen it once a month with "regular" use.
Yes, you sharpen both blades. Professional blade sharpeners refer to the set as a "clipper blade".