How To Clean And Maintain PRUNING SHEARS | Easy DIY Guide

Today's 2 minute garden tip will show you how to easily clean and maintain bypass pruning shears. Bypass pruners are an essential tool for any gardener, but pruners often fall into disarray with rusty, dull blades. This easy DIY guide will teach you how to clean and maintain pruning shears for maximum lifespan.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 High Carbon Steel VS Stainless Steel
0:38 Cleaning Bypass Pruners
1:26 Oiling The Blades
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[@2MinuteGardenTips]

If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 High Carbon Steel VS Stainless Steel 0:38 Cleaning Bypass Pruners 1:26 Oiling The Blades

[@kathleenosullivan8601]

Thanks for all your great tips, Dale! Here’s one for you: Quite by accident, I discovered the quickest way to remove all the glunk from garden tools. I was out of disinfectant wipes during COVID & all I had was a pack of makeup remover wipes. Much to my surprise & delight, the black & green sticky glunk just wiped right off!!! I manage a large community garden, so I’m constantly cleaning tools. This has made my job so much easier. Even tho everyone is supposed to be cleaning the tools after every use, that seldom happens, this has cut my cleaning time significantly.

[@28pbtkh23]

Thanks for the tip Kathleen. I certainly needed to know that!

[@melindaroth5796]

STILL WATCHING ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS ANTHONY. LEARNING SO MUCH. LOVE YALL ❤

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

Thank you for watching! I appreciate it!

[@tesswagner895]

Very timely as it's still too cold here on the Northwest to do anything outside in the garden. My garden is mostly covered in snow. Thanks for the reminder of something i need to take care of!!!❤

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

Glad to help! Hope it warms up soon.

[@tthappyrock368]

Good to know that hair trimmer oil can be used on the blades! I will have to start doing this with my various garden trimmers!

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

It's usually just mineral oil. If it's good enough for the blades that contact our faces, it's good enough for pruners.

[@amysnipes4245]

I've has a pair of bypass Felcosvfor 30 years. Telco (and likely other major brand makers) has great how-to videos to disassemble, clean, sharpen and lube. Very useful.

[@seanharris5592]

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[@2MinuteGardenTips]

There are a few tools you can also buy that are made to sharpen pruning shears without having to disassemble. They're not the most fun to take apart with the springs.

[@28pbtkh23]

Thanks for showing us how to do this in just 2 - 3 minutes. Other KZbinrs were taking 10 - 12 minutes to do the same thing!

[@dusbus2384]

I usually just use a cotton tee shirt with denatured alcohol to clean/disinfect and then use mineral oil to lubricate. Its cheap and readily available at all box stores

[@sylvia10101]

Thank you MG! Such great info! 😊👍

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

You're welcome!

[@Mark4WorldPeace]

Thanks for the Tips.I have the same Tonma's as you have previously recommended.They are marvelous 👍🏽☮🇺🇸

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

I love them, too. Mine are finally due for their first sharpening after quite a bit of use.

[@Mark4WorldPeace]

@@2MinuteGardenTips Im tempted to purchase their kitchen shears as well

[@MichaelRei99]

Good advice!!

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

Thanks!

[@valoriegriego5212]

Thanks!😃

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

You're welcome!

[@lionelbihm609]

Clipper oil is a great idea.

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

It makes life really easy.

[@TexasNana2]

Thanks 😊

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

You're welcome!

[@mariap.894]

Love the Dale cameo in the 2 minutes!!! 2 minutes of cuteness😅❤😊👍 Thanks for the tip 👏👏👏

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

He's like Waldo. He's always around somewhere if you look 🥷

[@mattcaporaso8043]

Hi, Anthony. I have a question about planting in mulch beds. I’m changing my front flower beds from black mulch to plain (non-died) hardwood mulch. I was wondering if I need to wait a while before planting edibles in these areas since you’ve pointed out the toxicity of died mulches?

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

For the record, I don't think the dyes they use are toxic. For example, red dyed mulch is literally made out of iron oxide, which is basically concentrated rust. I doubt that's great for your soil, but I don't think it's necessarily really harmful. The problem is the wood itself. It's usually made of ground up pallets, 2x4's, plywood, and other junk lumber which can be contaminated with chemicals. For example, pallets are usually covered in spilled oils and chemicals, so that would be in the mulch. That being said, no, I would plant the edibles. I wouldn't wait. Don't lose the season. Here is the thing: if the soil is toxic, it'll kill the plants. If the plants aren't sick, then the food they produce is fine. The amount of toxins it takes to harm a human is going to be orders of magnitude more than a human being, so if the plants are fine, you'll be fine. If you want to be safe, plant 2 or 3 plants, give them a few days and if they're growing fine, add more.

[@mattcaporaso8043]

Thanks for taking the time to provide feedback! I wondered that perhaps it would be beneficial to allow the ground to “recover” if I removed and replaced the died black mulch with compost and plain hardwood mulch. But, it sounds like waiting isn’t at all necessary. Again, thanks.

[@daneking1209]

Bro you forgot to cover sharpening

[@2MinuteGardenTips]

It wasn't a video on sharpening. Sharpening is something you'd only do periodically. You need to do this every single time you use the pruning shears.