My files gum up with the soft Silverite material and a file brush 
won't clean it out.  I always have to take an x-acto knife and clean 
each tooth of the file (tedious).  Is there a good way to keep the 
file clean?  

thanks for suggestions.

I have not found a good way either.  Using med-coarse files helps 
some.  Then a file card is partially successfull.  I sometimes pick 
away at it with a blue needle spring held in a pin vise.  Tedious.

There is a product called alumicut that  I used to use when filing 
aluminum. I wonder if it might  not work on other soft metals as well. 
Here is a link if you would like to do some reading. 
http://www.misticmetal.com/alumicut.html JimG

I just bought a set of diamond needle files and I was avoiding using 
them on the Dukoffs because they don't have any regular grooves to 
clean out if they get clogged.  But I am experimenting using water as 
a lubricant and so far, as long as I keep the files and piece wet 
with water, I have had good luck the files not getting clogged with 
silverite material.  

I had experimented with normal files and water before - it seemed to 
prevent the clogging but it rusts those files in a hurry.  The 
diamond files seem to be on a chrome or stainless body so they don't 
rust.

I have a set of diamond files too.  I have not tried them on Dukoffs.  I
got them to work on Stainless Steel to keep from dulling my regular files. 
However, they make deep scratches which are difficult to finish out.  This
would be less of a problem in Silverite.


		
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--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Jim Goeckermann <jim@s...> 
wrote:
> There is a product called alumicut that  I used to use when filing 
> aluminum. I wonder if it might  not work on other soft metals as 
well. 
> Here is a link if you would like to do some reading. 
> http://www.misticmetal.com/alumicut.html JimG

I have not worked on any silverite pieces (Mojo did mine before I 
recently have delved into MP mods). However, I work with aluminum a 
bit...I use a good lubricant, either a silicone or a penetrating oil, 
on the file and it makes the stuff release a lot easier. I also use a 
fine stainless rather than a standard brass file brush, which works 
better.