Subject: Cleaning waterstone

From: [email-masked] (Victor G. Baron)
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 05:43:10 GMT

I have a waterstone 1000/4000 that I inadvertently ( read dumb)
screwed up. I was using a honing guide with a center roller and the
roller started to squeak. Without thinking, I sprayed it with WD 40
and went back to honing my plane iron on the 4000 grit side. The
combination of the wd 40 and the center wheel left a black streak down
the center of the stone. Doesn't seem to affect the sharpening but
sure looks awful. Any ideas on how to clean it up? It just happened
this evening so I haven't had time to try anything. Had several ideas
on my own tho,
1) Just let it soak in water
2) Use waterless hand cleaner to dissolve the gunk and let the water
float it away
3) Lap the stone on glass with ??? grit wet/dry paper

Any thoughts? Hopefully I haven't ruined the stone. Sure like the edge
it puts on a plane iron.

Thanx,

Vic Baron

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From: [email-masked] (John Paquay)
Date: 27 Mar 1997 17:05:09 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] says...
>Any thoughts? Hopefully I haven't ruined the stone. Sure like the edge

I think the easiest and best route is to use a Nagura stone.  It's a little
stone that's used to create a slurry of mud on the waterstone by wearing
it down slightly before you begin sharpening.  Soaking the stone in
water will probably float most of the oil off the stone, and the Nagura
stone will help clean out the pores.  Lapping the stone should also
work, but IMO, anybody using waterstones should have a Nagura,
anyway...

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From: keevmk <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:23:40 -0600

> Any thoughts? Hopefully I haven't ruined the stone. Sure like the edge
The fine side of my waterstones usally look awful.  If you really think
it must be cleaned I would go with the glass plate & wet dry sandpaper.
Thats what I do when my stones need to be flattened and thats the only
time there totally pristine.

Good Luck
Buzz

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 28 Mar 1997 18:46:03 -0700

>> this evening so I haven't had time to try anything. Had several ideas

As you say it hasn't affected the performance of the stone.  I accidentally got a 
little oil on my 1200 grit stone.  It never affected performance and eventually
worked its way out.

You haven't ruined your stone and my advice is to leave it alone.  Use it as you
would normally and flatten it when necessary.  It will clean itself up.

ernie fisch

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:01:13 -0600

> Any thoughts? Hopefully I haven't ruined the stone. Sure like the edge

If the stone was saturated with water before you hit it with WD-40 and
you wiped up the oil immediately, the penetration will probably be
minimal; you say it still works fine. Since waterstones are soft and need
to be planed frequently, just lap it with carbide paper until the marks
are erased.

BTW -- Tried sharpening with diamond plates?

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From: James Foster <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:40:16 -0600

Victor G. Baron wrote:
> sure looks awful. Any ideas on how to clean it up? 

Well, since the next time you use the stone you'll probably have
to flatten it (you do flatten them before each use, don't you? B^))
this should take off any marks. I'd be surprised if a little 
scrubbing with a stiff plastic bristle brush wouldn't get most, if
not all, of it off also. Use a little dish soap. You do put
a little soap in your storage water to keep down the fungi? B^) B^)