# cleaning neck trimmers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-neck-trimmers/42778>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 26, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-neck-trimmers/42778 "2000-11-26T19:27:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-neck-trimmers/42778/1 "2000-11-26T19:27:46Z")

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My neck trimmer at work keeps going dull. I have had it for under a year, yet other girls at work have had theirs for 3+ years and theirs are as sharp as ever.

I am meticulous about cleaning it. After each use I use a mini-brush that came with it, being careful to clean in the direction of the blades, not against them (the actual blades are protected, so I don’t think I am actually touching them, but I could be). I use the cleaning spray and clipper oil as directed. I had to unscrew it and get rid of any hair that built up in it last week.

So would using a brush on it as often as I do make it dull faster?

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**Author:** ![peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-neck-trimmers/42778/2 "2000-11-26T19:41:17Z")

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MaryAnn: a wild guess: other girls use expensive models, your lasts for a year, replace it (how much did you pay?, anyway) . Use a vacuum cleaner on it. Some models sold over mail-order, are better vibrators, than anything else.

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**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-neck-trimmers/42778/3 "2000-11-26T19:57:10Z")

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Actually, it was an expensive model. I don’t get cheap stuff for work. And it is the same model most of them use.

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**Author:** ![peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-neck-trimmers/42778/4 "2000-11-26T20:11:18Z")

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Then try a powerfull vacuumcleaner (they probably use industrial strength at work, just fashion a narrow nozzle to it).