"Lobo" wrote in message ...
Do I need to oil the blades of my electric hedge clippers? Will common
household oil do? ... like sewing machine oil?
TIA
Lobo

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Sewing machine oil will do fine.

Also you can clean all the pitch and sap off the blades with any
strongly alkaline cleaner. Oven cleaner works very well, just stand
the clipper up so it does not run into the motor and rinse well in an
hour.
You (unplug the cord first) can move the cutters along by using a nail
to turn the motor fan through the cooling slots until they are open
and not overlapped.

In my sharpening shop I prelube all resharpened trimmers with bar and
chain oil cut in half with kerosene, and it works very well.

Tom, Daily Grind Sharpening Service