04-10-2013, 04:57 PM
A good tip form poroldchap on Youtube about file cleaning ( he has video check it out ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi7mU1WkluU
Rather than the file card type brush, he gets a bit of old copper plumbing pipe about six inches long and flattens one end with a hammer the holding the flat end at an angle pushes it along the directing of the grooves between the teeth of the file, sort of angle like you would be if scraping paint off something with a scraper. The copper after a few pushes alters to the shape of the teeth and cleans all the crud out of the file teeth. It wont sharpen them just remove any dirt or stuck pinnings ? I think they are called.
Anyway I tried it and really does work a treat
, Top marks to poroldchap 
P.S ....its easier to do, than to try and explain how to do it lol.
Cheers Mick
Rather than the file card type brush, he gets a bit of old copper plumbing pipe about six inches long and flattens one end with a hammer the holding the flat end at an angle pushes it along the directing of the grooves between the teeth of the file, sort of angle like you would be if scraping paint off something with a scraper. The copper after a few pushes alters to the shape of the teeth and cleans all the crud out of the file teeth. It wont sharpen them just remove any dirt or stuck pinnings ? I think they are called.
Anyway I tried it and really does work a treat
, Top marks to poroldchap P.S ....its easier to do, than to try and explain how to do it lol.
Cheers Mick
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