Overread wrote:A brass wire brush is what I use to clean files - just stroke the file with the brush whilst following the grain of the teeth (so not against them) and you should be fine. It's also good to use on files when cleaning out plastic and metal as well to help prevent getting clogs that scratch.
Ps I've heard that diamond files are too hard an edge for plastics/resins - what's your experience with them?
Well they're a set of 5 jeweler files. They are quite coarse which is where they are useful for me in filing areas with excessive
GS (the reason why they're so caked in).
They've also been hella useful when I've wanted to clear an area of details such as torsos or shoulder pads.
Once I've done what I wanted to with the files I'd generally smooth out the area with some fine sandpaper if it is still too rough.
The new set of files I recently purchased are not diamond but so far seem to work in a similar way. The only difference being that they cake with
GS faster but are also easier to clean out.
Maybe you're right and I should be using something else but so far I've managed to use them to generally achieve the result I'm after
Peace