I have an old Oster Model 10 that I got new about 35 years ago. I used it about 5 minutes a week between regular haircuts to trim over my ears because my hair grows very fast, and staying within the grooming regulations in the Navy required that I do something at least weekly if not more often.
I really doubt it has more than 20 hours of total run time on the motor, and until this week it's mostly been in storage for the past 30 years. I did not, however, care for it fastidiously like a barber would have. I just used it and oiled the blade occasionally.
When I got it out and started it the first time it ran OK, but it would take several seconds to get up to running speed. So I bought some grease, and blade wash, and blade oil. I've lubed the gearbox under the cover, and that looks pretty reasonable.
I ran my blade in blade wash, then lubed it.
Somewhere I lost the #1 blade, so I bought a used one from the bay. Looking at it, it seems in decent shape, but it came with hair in it, and I want to sterilize it before I use it myself. Is blade wash a sterilizer? It doesn't look like it. Can I just use alcohol? I don't think I want to boil it. (Or maybe that doesn't matter, IDK.)
Anyhow, now that it's all lubed up, it still takes a longer time to rev up to speed than I remember. Can the brushes "go bad" just sitting in a box? Can I clean them, or must they be replaced? Or am I barking up the wrong tree about the brushes?
Any advice is appreciated. I'd like to start using these again, pretty much like before. Probably every other week, between regular haircuts, for a touch-up trim.
I really doubt it has more than 20 hours of total run time on the motor, and until this week it's mostly been in storage for the past 30 years. I did not, however, care for it fastidiously like a barber would have. I just used it and oiled the blade occasionally.
When I got it out and started it the first time it ran OK, but it would take several seconds to get up to running speed. So I bought some grease, and blade wash, and blade oil. I've lubed the gearbox under the cover, and that looks pretty reasonable.
I ran my blade in blade wash, then lubed it.
Somewhere I lost the #1 blade, so I bought a used one from the bay. Looking at it, it seems in decent shape, but it came with hair in it, and I want to sterilize it before I use it myself. Is blade wash a sterilizer? It doesn't look like it. Can I just use alcohol? I don't think I want to boil it. (Or maybe that doesn't matter, IDK.)
Anyhow, now that it's all lubed up, it still takes a longer time to rev up to speed than I remember. Can the brushes "go bad" just sitting in a box? Can I clean them, or must they be replaced? Or am I barking up the wrong tree about the brushes?
Any advice is appreciated. I'd like to start using these again, pretty much like before. Probably every other week, between regular haircuts, for a touch-up trim.
