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(04-11-2013, 08:08 PM)f350ca Wrote: Would expect any acid that reacts with iron would work.

Water will do the same thing, leave your old files out in the garden for a week or two and the cutting edge will be oxidized away works the same way as acid only slower.

I have my favorite files that i use all the time and i clean with a file card regularly then i wrap in rags and store, banging files around in a draw with other files next to them will blunt them pretty quick. I have purchased files from auctions for pennies and done the garden thing, its been very effective.