Black River Farm
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Hi! I've lurked on the board on and off for about a year now, and finally decided it was time to ask a question. Some of us don't like rushing into things apparently!
We have two mini's, both black "B" geldings. Diesel has an incredibly thick coat and with the recent heat wave in Central Ontario he has been absolutely roasting under all that hair.
We body clipped him last year with no problems, and sent all the clipper blades out for sharpening this spring. The problem is that now the blades are only cutting for a matter of minutes before it seems like they are almost binding and really lose their power.
We discussed trying to wash him so he was cleaner to clip, but it's not really possible to wash him with all this mass of hair -- he'd never dry! We have been lubing the blades frequently with an aerosol "lube & cool", and frequently stopping the clipper and blowing out between the blades in case hair is getting stuck. My daughter took the blades apart and didn't find anything suspicious in there.
Right now the portions that are clipped look like a really BAD patchwork quilt -- the poor little guy looks awful!!
I know you're going to ask me what number the blades are, but frankly I don't know. They're all for Wahl clippers -- we have a Stable Pro clipper, and a Home Pro clipper and then picked up a great pair of old Oster clippers at a garage sale last summer.
Please help my partially shorn mini-sheep-gelding to look like a beautiful, sleek, shiny black gelding again!
Carol
We have two mini's, both black "B" geldings. Diesel has an incredibly thick coat and with the recent heat wave in Central Ontario he has been absolutely roasting under all that hair.
We body clipped him last year with no problems, and sent all the clipper blades out for sharpening this spring. The problem is that now the blades are only cutting for a matter of minutes before it seems like they are almost binding and really lose their power.
We discussed trying to wash him so he was cleaner to clip, but it's not really possible to wash him with all this mass of hair -- he'd never dry! We have been lubing the blades frequently with an aerosol "lube & cool", and frequently stopping the clipper and blowing out between the blades in case hair is getting stuck. My daughter took the blades apart and didn't find anything suspicious in there.
Right now the portions that are clipped look like a really BAD patchwork quilt -- the poor little guy looks awful!!
I know you're going to ask me what number the blades are, but frankly I don't know. They're all for Wahl clippers -- we have a Stable Pro clipper, and a Home Pro clipper and then picked up a great pair of old Oster clippers at a garage sale last summer.
Please help my partially shorn mini-sheep-gelding to look like a beautiful, sleek, shiny black gelding again!
Carol