How To Clean Jewelry Files
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How to clean jewelry files. Watch this video and learn how chemically sharpen your metal files give it a try it really dose sharpen the file. Sharping file is fast and easy. Lay the file against the closest edge of the piece bracing the piece on your bench pin and push down forward and across the edge. For flat surfaces use the flat file or the flat surface of the half round file. Use a 2 cut file for removing large amounts of metal and a 4 cut for fine trimming and shaping.
Look how shiny my jewelry came out. Recommended tools supplies. My files were in direct contact with water and rusted. Because these pieces only have silver plated over the surface of another metal vigorous cleaning or submerging items in a liquid solution along with regular wear and tear can cause flaking.