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So after a recent thread I've started looking at files more seriously.

In the past I've tried cheap DIYshop/ebay files and had decent results with regular toothed files, though sometime had problems with them dragging/scratching. I also never really looked into proper care of file beyond using a simple bronze wire brush to clean the teeth out.


More recently diamond files have come on my radar and this time I was determined to do some proper research and came across some interesting videos that I think are worth watching for those who are also new to files or might want a bit more info;





Whilst this relates to toothed files and aluminum I suspect that the cleaning method would work as well for greenstuff and other general hobby metal debris that become stuck in files (note this is toothed/regular files not diamond)







I've not managed to find anything on diamond file cleaning but I did find this which might be a method that can be used for diamond files - note I've not as yet tried this.