After you have cut your trees or other plants with pruning shears or pruning saws, why does your tool fail to cut easily? Does your pruner need sharpening? Although it is wise to sharpen shear blades with a file or whetstone, it is more important to frequently clean the blades of your pruning saws or shears. But don't clean the dirt with water, as water will make carbon steel blades rust and ruin your tool.
You can clean your pruners with oil or a distillate product like WD-40 but you'll use a lot of labor to remove the dirt because the dirt is water soluble and you'll be removing the dirt with a fluid that won't loosen water soluble dirt. You can use abrasion, such as steel wool, to remove the dirt but unless you're careful you'll damage the tool's cutting edges.
A product called EZ-Cut, will loosen pruning tool dirt without the use of abrasion. EZ-Cut is a non-toxic / non-flammable fluid that is sprayed on pruning tool blades and it prevents rust. EZ-Cut contains a vegetable oil lubricant to maintain smooth operation of pruning tools.
When a diseased plant is cut with a pruner the fungus or bacteria from the disease can deposit on the pruner and spread disease to healthy plants when they're pruned. EZ-Cut contains a disinfectant that will kill fungus or bacteria that cause plant disease cross contamination with the use of pruning tools. EZ-Cut even has a pleasant smelling lemon odor that drives away flies and mosquitoes.
B. E. Thomas has been a professional gardener for 38 years in Southern California. During the last 7 years, Thomas, in his spare time, developed a patent pending and trademark registered pruning tool treatment product.
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