Burning tip maintenance

I was wondering if any of you ever clean your burning tips. I thought that I read somewhere that they need to be cleaned one in a while. Mine seem to be clean but they have become a bit discoloured. Do they need to be cleaned, and if so, how do you do it without ruining them? ???

Thanks,
Chris. :

Chris, IMHO heat will automatically discolor any burning tip but won't change it at all.
When mine seem to need cleaning, when they develop a coating of char or gunk, I just give them a gentle FLAT swipe across a diamond stone or super fine sand paper. Works like a charm.

I have a small leather strop I keep just for the tips...haven't had to use stronger than that yet, if I did, would use 2000 grit sandpaper.

I have a tip cleaner I purchased from Razertip very inexpensive check it out at http://www.razertip.com it is a gadget with two small blades set at a 45 degree angle and you draw your pen thru it.
Colin

[David_Aaron_Sercel]

Periodically while I am burning I clean of the tip with a 400 grit
sanding sponge to remove any build up and to restore a sharp
edge. When the tip needs sharpening I use a fine
diamond stone.

David