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- Maintain a secateurs professionally
- The care measures for a secateurs
- The daily care of secateurs
- Intensive care for the secateurs
- 1. Unscrew
- 2. Clean roughly
- 3. Disinfection
- 4. Clean and sharpen
- 5. Drying and storage
Those who care for their pruning shears will enjoy it longer
Maintain a secateurs professionally
If a secateurs are properly maintained, they last longer, do not rust and remain sharp. The maintenance of pruning shears involves several measures that you should carry out either after each use or once or several times a year. Which are those and when and which measures makes sense, you will find below.
The care measures for a secateurs
The care for a secateurs can be divided into two parts: the regular care after each use and the intensive care that you should do at least once a year or after heavy use.
The daily care of secateurs
After each use, you should pay a little attention to your secateurs:
Intensive care for the secateurs
Before you store your secateurs for the winter after the last pruning in autumn, you should take care of them thoroughly. Do the following:
1. Unscrew
Unscrew your pruning shears, remove the spring and loosen the two parts of the shears.
2. Clean roughly
Thoroughly clean both parts with a household brush or a metal brush. Also clean the spring.
3. Disinfection
Shrubs and hedges can have viruses, fungi or germs that stick to the pruning shears. To remove them, place your secateurs in a jar of high-proof alcohol or spirit or in boiling water for ten minutes. Here you can find out more about the regular disinfection of your pruner.
4. Clean and sharpen
Now it's time for the fine cleaning. For this you need a coarse whetstone that you wet with water. Drive circularly over the cut surfaces of the secateurs. Repeat the process with a fine whetstone. Make sure that you grind the angle of the cutting edge when grinding. Here you can learn more about sharpening your secateurs.
5. Drying and storage
Dry your pruning shears with a cloth or on the heater. Store your pruner in a dry, clean place, e.g. in a drawer or on a wall hanging.