What is a Clipper Service ?
• As you use your clippers they accumulate dirt and some parts will wear out. Our clipper service is to strip down, clean and repair any faults with your clippers.
• Our service includes emailing you a report on the condition of your clipper, noting faulty or worn parts and recommended repairs.
• Some minor repairs can be completed without needing a full service and so cost less.
• Our Clipper Service includes a PAT test for your electrical safety.
Replacement Parts
Your replacement parts cost extra & typical prices are:
• Motor Brushes – £3 to £8 each
• Comb pegs – £2 each
• Motor capacitor – £20 to £35
• Drive block – £8 to £20
• Drive cam – £20 to £30
• Drive Lever – £3 to £10
• Gears – around £30
• Rubber cable with moulded plug – £10
Complicated wiring repairs can cost extra. For example re wiring an Oster A5 (’97) or a Laube clipper cable is £10 extra.
Send Us Your Clippers
• Post your items with a covering note to:
SL Service
45 Westfield Crescent
Market Weighton, York
YO43 3EL
• A cardboard box padded with bubble wrap gives good protection and wrap blades individually to avoid broken teeth.
• Royal Mail provide a good parcel service:
1st Class Signed for: £6 < 2KG or £9 < 10KG
Special Delivery: £15 < 2KG or £20 < 10KG
48 Hr Service
• We will email you when your clippers arrive and aim to return your clippers within 2 or 3 working days from receipt.
Payment
• You can pay for Clipper Service & Repair in our Shop by adding items to your Cart and Checking Out.
• Or post us your items to us with your contact details included and we will email our assessment including the cost of repair, with a link to pay online.
The easiest way is to use a card box with the clipper wrapped in padding. Remove the blades from the clipper and wrap these individually within your parcel to prevent broken teeth.
You can send your clippers in a case but clipper cases are often heavy and can also be damaged in the post.
If your parcel is under 2KG then Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed is just £4 👍
We aim to service and return clippers in 48 Hours from when we receive them.
If you post your clipper on Monday, we will email when it arrives which could be Tuesday. If your clipper arrives on Tuesday then we will aim to have it ready to return by Thursday and so could be back with you on Friday.
– 90% of first 1st class post arrives next day but it is not a Guaranteed next day service.
– We post items 5 days per week from Monday to Friday.
It is rare for items to be lost in the UK Post.
Very occasionally customers jiffy bags, envelopes and boxes have split open and arrive with us with some clipper blades missing. (2 times in 2024)
– If your clipper blades can knock together the teeth can be damaged.
– Items posted Royal Mail Signed For have tracking for when delivered and are insured for up to £50.
– In 2022 no items sent by us have been reported missing, though a few have arrived late.
If you are technically capable then you may be able to repair your own clippers.
– However its easy to make mistakes which will cost you more and it can be time consuming.
– Worn parts must be identified and replacement parts found.
– Most clippers use mains electricity which is potentially dangerous.
– Our advice for customers is to keep clippers clean and oil the blades regularly.
– Also please never DIY sharpen your clipper blades on a sharpening stone or sandpaper.
SL Service are experienced with repairing clippers so we can quickly identify any faults and know the best way to fix them.
We are also experts in clipper blade sharpening so you can be assured that your clippers and your blades are working together at their best.
– Good quality clippers used by animal groomers, stockmen and some hairdressers will last for many years with regular maintenance.
– The clippers and beard trimmers popular with young men are generally not repairable.
Yes thats fine to drop items off.
Outside normal working hours you can leave your items in our parcel box by the door.
Include a note with your contact details and describe any issues and I will email when they arrive.
