On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:25:31 +0000, Ian White wrote:

In a polythene bag. Drag over floor until bag is covered with screws,
then turn bag inside-out and remove magnet.

And if you've forgotten the bag, and the gap in the magnet filled with iron
filings, hot-melt will clean it up: bit of hot-melt glue on the gap, let cool,
peel off. Good for cleaning files, the serrations in plier jaws etc. also as
well.


Thomas Prufer