Send your old files to Boggs Tool & File Sharpening Company in Southern California. He'll get them back to you very quickly and much sharper than original.
14100 Orange Ave, Paramount, CA 90723
[email protected]
(800) 547-5244
I am working with Richard King to coordinate a scraping class in Olympia Washington mid-August. We are tentatively scheduling the class to begin Wednesday August 12 and run through Sunday the 16th. These dates are not set in stone yet.
Seattle / Tacoma Airport (SEA-TAC) is about 1 hour North...
I live in California, so choices are very limited but I have had excellent long term results using Ellis Hy-Lux (solvent based) paints for machine restoration. Works best sprayed (cheap HVLP gun is fine). It can be wet-sanded, rubbed and buffed for that smooth & glossy, factory style finish.