Good idea using paper instead of a file to clean the points..... Tradition says that business card of somebody you hate works the best, if you dont have $100 bill handy.

And points lore also says that if you ever find them pitting on one side or another, then this indicates poor unballanced electrical flow that can be remedied with new condenser and/or ignition coil 'pigtail' grounding wire or something else.

Old sharpies who know points best can even tell you if it's positive or negative where the electrical leak might occur, based on which side of the points is getting pitted.

Fear of old style ignition points? They went out of style just because they were so SIMPLE. God Save the automobile from too many high tech "improvements".