The plastic comb trick that saved my sanity during a walk-in rush
I had 6 guys waiting on a Saturday morning and my clippers started pulling hair on a kid with thick curls. The blade was dull but I had no spare and no time to swap it. My old boss used to keep a plastic fine tooth comb on his station and I never knew why. I ran the clipper blade backward along the comb's teeth, about 10 passes, and it knocked out a wad of packed hair and lint. Went right back to cutting smooth. Has anyone else done this mid-haircut or am I just lucky it worked?
That "plastic fine tooth comb" trick is the real deal, my old shop kept one taped right to the station for this exact reason. Running the blade backward through the teeth scrapes out the packed hair and gunk without messing up the alignment, so you get a few more cuts before a real swap. Saved my butt on a busy Sunday more than once.