cleaning up milliput

[snowy1051]

Any kind person give me a quick tip please on how to clean set Milliput from my files?

 

Many thanks. 

[Daddyman]

Any kind person give me a quick tip please on how to clean set Milliput from my files?

 

Many thanks. 

Just done one of mine with a suede brush.... 

[pctrainman]

A wire brush is the accepted way of cleaning files when their teeth are blocked .

[Miss Prism]

I rub a piece of thin brass (scrap etch) along the grooves of the file. The edge of the brass soon takes up the shape of the grooves and digs out the blockage.

[Fat Controller]

There is also a thing called a 'file card':-

https://www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/file-card-brushes/what-is-a-file-card-brush

They're a bit stiffer than a normal fine wire brush.

[Campaman]

I use a BBQ cleaning brush, nice stiff wire bristles, and only around £1 from Wilkinsons

[Vecchio]

If you have more files than the purchase of a file brush may be useful. A file-brush has all its wire bristles in straight rows which makes cleaning files much easier.

[Clive Mortimore]

A good file card, it will out live you. Mine was my first wife's late father's and he inherited from his father.

[snowy1051]

I use a BBQ cleaning brush, nice stiff wire bristles, and only around £1 from Wilkinsons

Thank you so much, but sadly Wilkinsons don't have a branch here in Southern Alberta!  

[Campaman]

Arghh, right.

 

Maybe fill out your location in you profile then.   

[snowy1051]

Arghh, right.

 

Maybe fill out your location in you profile then. 

okidokee, have done.   

[55020]

Thank you so much, but sadly Wilkinsons don't have a branch here in Southern Alberta!  

 

I'm sure Canadian Tire will stock something.  Probably both wire BBQ brushes and file cards