Patent ID: 8826986

Claim:
A method comprising: inserting a resilient scraper disposed on a drill string into a segment of downhole tubing, the resilient scraper including: a resilient body having a hollow core section and a center defined therein, a first blade coupled to the resilient body and extending away from the resilient body in a tangential direction, the first blade having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first blade is in closer proximity to the resilient body than the second end of the first blade, wherein the tangential direction is a direction that is tangent to a circumference of the resilient body; contacting an internal wall of the segment of downhole tubing with the first blade; rotating the resilient scraper relative to the drill string within the segment of downhole tubing; and deflecting the first blade against the segment of downhole tubing such that the second end of the first blade is deflected toward the center of the resilient body.