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clippers with sticky hinges

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by prosharp, Feb 9, 2013.

  1. prosharp

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    Hi everybody we have not posted for a while but thought this may be of interest.Here a Prosharp Sharpening Services we are getting a lot of instruments coming in for repair and sharpening with tight or sticky hinges.While this is not a problem as we can easily loosen them again we do charge $6-00 per instrument.The problem seems to be caused by staff not using the correct amount of chemicals when cleaning instruments after use or not flushing hinges thouroughly before autoclaving.Over a period of time and sometimes this is not very long,the autoclaving process cooks any residue left in the hinge and a build up of a brown residue is the result.This builds up and will eventually makes the instrument inoperable and can even cause the hinge to break.Too much chemical also shows up as a tea staining of the whole instrument.
    We are now selling a product called "LOOSEN UP " in a 125ml bottle which is the same as what we use in our sharpening laboratory for this job.The liquid is water based so clean up is very easy.As this is a very mild abrasive it can also be used to polish instruments and remove the tea staining.The product is available from our online store at prosharppodiatry.com
     
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