From: Hortonbottoms
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Date: 22-Jun-18 |
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I've used vinegar, reverse electrolysis, molasses, etc etc. I like stuff called Evap-o-rust. Vinegar will work fine just be sure to neutralize the acid after they soak with soap and water and oil them to keep off flash rusting.
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From: Mountain Man
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Date: 22-Jun-18 |
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Dan go here vinegar has endless uses
https://versatilevinegar.org/
And get yourself a file brush,,,any hardware store will have them Just a wire brush to clean the file teeth
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From: Bassman
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Date: 22-Jun-18 |
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Wd 40
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From: Tim Finley
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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Not to get rust off but to clean the metal out I use the big rubber erasers that you would use to clean a belt sander they work great .
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From: Skeets
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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Do you "chalk" your files before use? I was taught to do that about 15 yrs ago by "Hawk". Same "Hawk" that did the broadhead sharpening seminar at Compton.
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From: Big jack
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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The chalk help keep the filed metal from clogging the file,they make a brush called a file card for cleaning.You can use liquid wrench to help clean rust then wire brush.
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From: jhinaz
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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I haven't used vinegar to clean files but I have used it to clean sharpening-steels before (trick learned years ago from an old butcher). Suspend the steel in a liter bottle with vinegar at the bottom for a day or two, allowing the rising fumes to clean and refresh the steel.
For cleaning filings from a file: flatten a 6"-8" piece of copper tubing and push the flat edge into the file teeth. - John
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From: nomo
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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Kroil...put it in a container of some sort where it's laying flat, soak it down, let it stand overnight, file card it again and wipe it down.
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From: Stoner
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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X2 on the file card and Kroil. John
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From: bigjohnmissalot
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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Evap-o-rust works great, when your done just put it back in the jug and save it for the next rusty job. it can be reused many times.
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From: Scoop
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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Can't help with the rust, but like Big Jack and Skeets noted, chalking really helps while sharpening. One of the Wensel brothers passed that on years ago.
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From: Mr.Griz
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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There are some excellent videos on You Tube on file cleaning. Really amazing, how it is done. Ya'll should check them out!!
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From: DanaC
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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Just curious, would you put a high-carbon (not stainless) knife in vinegar?
The file is a cutting tool, it gets dull but can't be re-sharpened. For about $7 it's a pretty remarkable tool but when it gets dull, throw it out and buy another one.
I use a file all day at work, and even so I get six months out of one. I never clean mine, no point imo. Sharpening broadheads once in a while, you'd probably get a lifetime out of one. I'd worry more about rust over the long haul. A bit of oil would do it.
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From: David McLendon
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Date: 23-Jun-18 |
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I put some Kroil on mine for storage, then degrease them and chalk them before use.
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From: ny yankee
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Date: 25-Jun-18 |
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X2 on EVAP-O-RUST!!
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From: Jon Stewart
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Date: 25-Jun-18 |
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They sell a brush to clean file grooves.
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From: Andy Man
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Date: 25-Jun-18 |
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file card and chalk
then throw them away when get dull- no way to re-sharpen one that I know of
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From: Yellow Dog
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Date: 25-Jun-18 |
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Chalk and a file card. The chalk keeps what you're taking off from packing in and loading the file up. The file card is nothing more than a wire brush designed to get the crap out that didn't pack in and stick because it was loaded with chalk.
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From: Yellow Dog
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Date: 25-Jun-18 |
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The first thing they teach an apprentice machinist is how to properly use and care for a file.......
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From: DanaC
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Date: 25-Jun-18 |
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I can't help wonder how those look under a microscope.
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