Clipp-Aid: What Is It?
By Jeff Andrews
February 7, 2014
Groomers around the world are asking concerns about the new product Clipp-Aid. Does Clipp-Aid bring boring blades back to life? Is it harmless when subjected to humans as well as pets? With all the chemicals groomers use, is Clipp-Aid risk-free to utilize in my salon? The response to all these concerns is “Yes.” In this article, I’ll show you the breadth as well as thoroughness of my testing of Clipp-Aid over the last few months. My final thought is that Clipp-Aid truly is a fantastic new product for groomers!
Several months ago, there was a flurry of comments about Clipp-Aid on Facebook as well as groomer forums. In response, Clipp-Aid contacted me to try out their product in my shop to get a groomer’s point of view on the product. As an organic chemist, blade sharpener, as well as pet groomer for over 30 years, I was astounded by the task this little bag of crystals did at sharpening a blade well sufficient that I might continue grooming much more dogs after utilizing Clipp-Aid on my boring blades. It is something groomers requirement in their set in situation of emergencies.
Clipp-Aid is meant to bring a boring blade back to life once again as well as can be utilized consistently as needed. At some point, I would suggest getting your blades professionally sharpened as well as tuned by your regional sharpener, because utilizing Clipp-Aid is not a substitute for expert sharpening.
One thing I discovered when I got the product is the instructions: “Place the cutting point of the blade into the crystals,” then “move the blade with the crystals for 45 to 60 seconds.” This tells me that you may not utilize the product correctly, as well as you might get discouraged at the results. Don’t be discouraged! Clipp-Aid is now conscious of this, as well as they have revised the directions that now go along with the sale of its products. I fold the bag to make sure the depth of the crystals is adequate to cover the cutter teeth during the sharpening process.
First off, you have to have the appropriate bag for the size blade you are going to sharpen. Thirty years ago, groomers utilized salt to get by with their boring blades. At that time, you had to push the blade into the salt (covering the cutter teeth), let it sharpen up until it appears like the salt is pulverized, as well as then pick it out as well as push it into one more part of the salt. The issue was that it took the whole container of salt to sharpen one blade. As soon as you put the blade into the salt, the salt immediately pulverized. This resulted is a small sharpen before big amounts of salt ended up being useless. That’s why we had to keep putting it in as well as taking it out to get an edge back on the blade so we might do only a few much more dogs. This was extremely tedious as well as far less efficient than utilizing Clipp-Aid.
I believe that Clipp-Aid is a type of concrete that has been crushed as well as sifted down to the appropriate size needed to sharpen boring blades. With Clipp-Aid, you push the blade into the crystals (covering the cutter teeth), yet the crystals are developed not to pulverize so rapidly in contrast to salt. As a result, the boring blades are restored to life in about one to two minutes with a little amount of Clipp-Aid crystals. For me, I was able to sharpen two blades twice utilizing a single bag of Clipp-Aid.
Clipp-Aid is 100% risk-free to utilize in your salons. It is an inert compound that doesn’t react with anything. I mixed it with every liquid in my shop searching for a reaction as well as got nothing. I even put it on a poor scrape that bled when a canine scratched me, as well as it didn’t even shed like numerous medical products would. It was good to see the product was totally risk-free as well as un-reactive.
That’s Clipp-Aid in a nutshell. It is extremely essential to utilize this product properly in purchase to get the very best results. getting the cutter deep sufficient in the crystals as well as bringing it in as well as out of the crystals is the essential to utilizing it properly. It is likewise a great concept to have a canine standing by to ensure that you can test the sharpness of your blade while utilizing Clipp-Aid. inspect out the four easy steps below, which I would suggest to every groomer utilizing Clipp-Aid.
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Jeff’s directions for utilizing Clipp-Aid
It’s finest to utilize with a canine present so you can test for sharpness as you run your blade in the crystals. If it isn’t sharp on the very first try, run the blade once again in the crystals, as well as then try it on the canine again.
Get the bag of Clipp-Aid as well as suggestion it on its side to make sure all of the crystals are to one side of the bag. You requirement the “depth” of the crystals. now fold the bag in half, turn it best side up, as well as cut the top open.
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