STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
stylethread site home page -> stylethread forum -> beauty & health -> Are you supposed to clean out your blowdryer?
Post Info TOPIC: Are you supposed to clean out your blowdryer?
theotherjess


Chanel

Status: Offline
Posts: 3388
Date:
Are you supposed to clean out your blowdryer?
Permalink Closed

I have had mine for a way long time but it is acting really wonky lately.  It sometimes makes this hissing noise when I turn it on and I think it might be because there is a lot of hair in it or something.  Are you supposed to clean it out or should I just get a new one?  Thanks.

__________________
Bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika. We all could use more of it. It's no taste I'm against. -Diana Vreeland
Kelly


Hermes

Status: Offline
Posts: 5919
Date:
Permalink Closed

I've never heard of anyone cleaning it out, and I'd be afraid to try because I'd probably electrocute myself. I guess it couldn't hurt, if the only options are to clean it or buy a new one you might as well try to clean it and if you give up or if you break it, you'll just have to buy a new one anyway.

__________________

Fashion is art you live your life in. - Devil Wears Prada | formerly ttara123
greendiamond


Marc Jacobs

Status: Offline
Posts: 2127
Date:
Permalink Closed

Clean it before you use it, so it's not hot, and unplugged of course. Use an old tooth brush and fish around for fuzz and hair. I usually just clean the vent where the fuzzies get stuck.

-gd



__________________

-gd
alagirl


Kenneth Cole

Status: Offline
Posts: 463
Date:
Permalink Closed

Are you finding that it doesn't dry your hair as efficiently as it used to? If so the back of the dryer where the air intake is probably needs cleaning out. My dryer has a little vented plastic cover that screws off and I just clean the lint and fuzzies off the screen.



__________________
sage


Dooney & Bourke

Status: Offline
Posts: 797
Date:
Permalink Closed

I never considered cleaning my blow dryer until a guy I used to go out with looked at it and said "I could make that run about 75% more efficiently by cleaning out the crap". He was a machinist or some such thing. So yeah, I always pick the fuzz out of mine.

__________________
"These are not the droids you are looking for"
zeitgeist4


Gucci

Status: Offline
Posts: 2728
Date:
Permalink Closed

You should clean out the lint trap on the back if you are able to.  If there are fuzzies and hairs blocking the air intake portions, it won't work as well.  You can try using tweezers or a toothpick.

As for cleaning out the inside, it's probably better to buy a new blowdryer than mess with the mechanical parts.

__________________
Veni, Vedi, Visa. I came, I saw, I did a little shopping.
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
stylethread site home page -> stylethread forum -> beauty & health -> Are you supposed to clean out your blowdryer?
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard