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- Maintain a hedge trimmer
- The care measures for the hedge trimmer
- This is to be considered, if you maintain your hedge trimmer
- Clean hedge trimmer
- Oil hedge trimmer
- The care bath for the hedge trimmer
- Sharpen hedge trimmers
- Tips
For the hedge trimmer to stay sharp and well-behaved, it needs good care
Maintain a hedge trimmer
A hedge trimmer is not a cheap gardening tool. Therefore, you should pay attention to a good care, so you can enjoy it for a long time. The care of the hedge trimmer does not have to be expensive or expensive. Find out below how to do something good for your hedge trimmer.
The care measures for the hedge trimmer
A hedge trimmer should be maintained after each use. The measures are:
This is to be considered, if you maintain your hedge trimmer
Hedge trimmers are known to be sharp and can not only cut into branches, but also in fingers and hands. Therefore, it is imperative that you wear gloves while working to protect yourself from injury. Furthermore, you should absolutely, before you maintain your hedge trimmer, prevent any energy supply, so that it can not jump on. To do this, remove the battery if it is a cordless hedge trimmer or the spark plugs on a petrol-operated hedge trimmer. Hedgetrimmers with cable are to be taken off the electricity.
Clean hedge trimmer
In the knives of the hedge trimmer plant remains can wedge and ground and stones set. The moisture of the plant juices collects on the metal. Therefore, a hedge trimmer is to be cleaned shortly after each cleaning. To do this, rub off coarse dirt with a metal brush and moisten the hedge trimmer with a resin-soluble spray. The cutting blades can be rubbed off with a dry cloth and a little oil or care spray.
Oil hedge trimmer
Oil protects the hedge trimmer from moisture and dirt, dissolves dirt particles and makes the hedge trimmer common. Therefore, the hedge trimmer should be sprayed or rubbed with oil after each use. You can find out how to do this here.
The care bath for the hedge trimmer
If you want to give your hedge trimmer optimal care and spend a little more on it, you can let the blades of the hedge trimmer float in the oil. To do this, fill the protective cover with oil for about half of the time, then carefully slide the hedge trimmer into it. Store them hanging or standing, but fix them well so they can not fall over. Remove them before the oil gets rancid.
Sharpen hedge trimmers
A hedge trimmer can become dull over time. Fortunately, it can be relatively easy to sharpen with a little effort. How this works, we explain in our detailed instructions.
Tips
Store your hedge trimmer in a dry, clean place, e.g. hanging on a wall or on a shelf.