Flitz for repetition springs?

[John Delacour]

At 16:05 -0400 27/6/08, Willem Blees wrote:

>...The only thing on butterfly springs that need to be cleaned out 
>is the groove in which the bend end sits. That, over time, can get 
>very gunky, and will drag the fly, which will impede repetition. You 
>can clean most of the gunk out with a sharp tool, like a small screw 
>driver...

Not a suitable choice of tool at all!  The best thing for cleaning 
the wax/tallow out of the grooves is a hammer-shank sharpened to a 
point that more or less mates with the groove.  The spring can be 
cleaned up with fine steel wool worked in the direction of the wire, 
or simply with a coarse linen cloth.

JD