Just had a chat with an old timer at the shop in Boise about sanitizing clipper blades

He said he just uses hot water and soap. I was shocked. He's been doing it for 30 years and never had an issue. It hit different because I've been spending $15 a month on those blue spray cans for years, thinking it was the only safe way. Now I'm wondering if I've been wasting cash. What's your actual sanitizing routine? Is the spray just a convenience thing or is it really necessary?

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jones.blake3mo ago

My uncle ran a barber shop for decades and swore by a dip in barbicide after a simple soap scrub. He said the blue juice was for peace of mind with the health inspector, not because the soap didn't work. Watched him clean up a nasty cut on a guy's neck once, just soap, water, barbicide, and moved on. Makes you wonder how much of this stuff is just theater for liability.

shah.ben3mo ago

Ever feel like the blue spray is just a fancy air freshener for your tools?

angela_carter1mo ago

honestly I've been guilty of spraying that blue stuff on my drill bits more than once and pretending it's a professional move. the smell alone makes me feel like I'm doing something important even if the bit is just gonna get dirty again in five minutes. I swear half the time I'm just trying to mask the scent of whatever I was drilling into last. it's like febreeze for my tool bag but thirty bucks a can and I'm the only one who smells it.