Sharpening

[MasterBlaster]

Apple cider vinegar? No shit? Anyone else do this???

 

[BlackSmith]

Dad used to sharpen his files with a mild acid bath...

 

[MasterBlaster]

So where do you get mild acid? What is a brand name?

 

[Blinky]

Apple cider vinegar is an excellent mild acid.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Does regular vinegar work? Doesn't it make the file rust???

 

[Blinky]

I don't know about using it on files. Seems like it would make'em rust if you didn't neutralize it somehow. Water might be good enough.

 

[Magnus]

It could I guess, but if you use the file it won't...

Don't let it sit in it... Just dip it and uot it with "handle" or mount down, vertically for a bit, then rinse it off in water and Hokus pokus....

It has bite as new again...

 

[Al Smith]

Does regular vinegar work? Doesn't it make the file rust???

Actually one in the same .White vinegar is just apple cider type that has been distilled .

You smash the apples in a press,squeeze out the juice,presto sweet cider . After a while the yeast from the apple skins causes it to make alcohol but the reaction continues and it turns sour,presto vinegar . If you want to stop this add some raisins and sugar ,presto apple jack .

I may be incorrect but I think the mild acidity of vinegar is ascorbic acid .Which by the way is an excellant glass cleaner .It actually etchs the surface of the glass microscopically . Trivia 101 .

 

[MasterBlaster]

Vitamin C?

 

[Al Smith]

Vitamin C?

I think so .Good for what ails ya . My grandpappys cure for every thing .A table spoon full of vinegar and a teaspoon of honey .