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From: Terry Ogden
Date: Fri Jan 04 07:36:43 2008
 
     
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Hi Marilynn

    I will assume you tried a file card and short bristled stainless
    steel brush. It is time consuming, but I use brass to slide between
    the teeth. Most of the time I use rifle brass, but pistol brass works
    ok also. Brazing rod might be more available for you unless you shoot
    or know some one who frequents a shooting range, you can find brass
    all over the ground usually. Place the open mouth at an angle to the
    tooth of the file and slide parallel to the cut. It will take a few
    times across to cut the pattern into the brass, but once it is there
    it works pretty good. It won't get all the way to the bottom of the
    tooth, but it will recover a dirty file even with metal packed in,
    also works on rust. 

    This is assuming that cleaning is the problem and not dulling of the
    teeth. Anyhow, that's my $0.02. 

Terry
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