Yes, I'm pretty sure I'm turning them into the right direction and using the right cups, and also I've cleaned it too.

The situation of my threads is something like this:

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The first line of thread had been cross threaded, I'm wondering could I sand off the first row of thread , becoming:

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And thus still remain usable?