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It doesn't need a lot of abrasion, the less the better especially if they are coated pins and less risk of leaving small steel wire traces.
Just double check you haven't bent and pins after doing them. Myself, I'd open the box up and replace the sockets but I have the experience and probably numerous sockets of varying mounting positions (board mounted I'd assume) laying around even if I had to first remove it from old equipment I keep for bits and pieces I use but can't access locally. Plus my son has the eyes and soldering skills I had when I could see the little things, thankfully (my sight no longer permits fine soldering jobs).
Best of luck with it and I sincerely hope a quick clean up of the pins gets your equipment working again.
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