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Post by kswaywardson on Jan 7, 2017 5:16:00 GMT
Me being a novice (yet with all the great advice on SBG about how to do so), I thought I'd give polishing my katana a go. Thing is, when I started in using my WATERstone, I'd forgotten to clean off my blade with all the residual Breakfree CLP I'd first used to maintain it. SOOOOOO, a trace of the CLP had soaked into my stone. Thank goodness it wasn't a very expensive Japanese stone, but a fairly cheapo Amazon dual grit. However, its the principle of the matter. I did a search about what I could possibly do to conserve my stone, and decided I'd try lapping the ever loving crap out of it (sorta needed after my first polishing session anyways). I think I may have saved the stone. At least, I hope I saved it. When I was lapping, I noticed some pretty good slurry was forming off of the lower grit media I was using.
Therefore, even If I didn't save it, it was an invaluable lesson learned: clean OFF the residual oil before starting my polishing session!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2017 5:21:20 GMT
I wash stones, soap and water, alcohol,acetone, etc. Soap and hot water works quite well, rinse after and dry.
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Post by leviathansteak on Jan 7, 2017 6:36:23 GMT
Me being a novice (yet with all the great advice on SBG about how to do so), I thought I'd give polishing my katana a go. Thing is, when I started in using my WATERstone, I'd forgotten to clean off my blade with all the residual Breakfree CLP I'd first used to maintain it. SOOOOOO, a trace of the CLP had soaked into my stone. Thank goodness it wasn't a very expensive Japanese stone, but a fairly cheapo Amazon dual grit. However, its the principle of the matter. I did a search about what I could possibly do to conserve my stone, and decided I'd try lapping the ever loving crap out of it (sorta needed after my first polishing session anyways). I think I may have saved the stone. At least, I hope I saved it. When I was lapping, I noticed some pretty good slurry was forming off of the lower grit media I was using.
Therefore, even If I didn't save it, it was an invaluable lesson learned: clean OFF the residual oil before starting my polishing session! What happens if oil gets on your waterstone?
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Post by kswaywardson on Jan 7, 2017 13:35:19 GMT
That's a really good question, leviathansteak, and one that I asked myself. When using a specific stone for polishing (i.e. waterstone) it is best to use the lubricant for which it was designed. Water and oil doesn't mix, so if oil comes in contact with the pores of a waterstone it seeps into the grains and water can't be used as a lubricant any longer because the oil that seeped in has created a barrier. The water slurry that is needed for moving metal from a waterstone can't be produced. From then on, one's waterstone has become an oilstone. That is from what I gathered when researching.
Now, I didn't use oil as my PRIMARY lubricant when polishing. I soaked it in water like is recommended, then used water there in to touch up. However, when I say residual oil, I meant that the oil I had used for maintenance for storage of the blade hadn't been cleaned off before starting my polishing. And I read somewhere that you may be able to "lap" or grind off the topmost layer of oil to get to the untainted or clean stone pores below the surface. Hence sort of like starting with a "fresh stone" again. Maybe I was being too paranoid but I wanted to be sure and maintain the waterstone.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Jan 7, 2017 23:06:08 GMT
This brings up a thought. I used to use a spray electronics cleaner that was nasty toxic, and would do foul things to skin, but it was awesome to use to degrease. Keep it in mind if you've already got a stone that may be contaminated. I bet it boils the oils right out. But does it cause other issues...I don't know. Also, you can soak the stone in alcohol, or heat the alcohol, that will get oil out. But again, no idea what the alcohol leaves, and if it would cause issues...
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