Cleaning a water stone

Re: Cleaning a water stone

Michael Stadulis, in Gloucester County, NJ

>I don't know whether it's worth your time, as some can be relatively inexpensive, but I'd soak it for a while in a bucket of shallow lacquer thinner....place it on thick paper towels and attempt to "wick" the oil out of it, as I dribbled more thinner on the top of the stone, all the while changing paper towels regularly.

Mike

Re: Cleaning a water stone

Brian Roberts

>Hi Thomas - I used "Mean Green", a degreaser type cleaning product. $6/Qt at the "big box" stores - $2/Qt at the "Family Dollar". This stuff is AMAZING and is NOT the same product as "Simple Green". I would guess that any good degreaser would work. I let it soak for a couple days and washed with water. Worked well for me and it is non-flammable.

I like Michael's idea with the absorbant and wicking down thru the stone!

Brian

Re: Cleaning a water stone

cooper suter

>That's a question I'd been pondering.

I bought some stuff off of an old guy, mostly his fathers shipwright stuff.

This guy had messed w/everything he had, either a bad sharpening on a grinder, or a heavy application of varnish.

Included in the booty were a couple of Japanese chisels and a water stone.

He'd used the water stone a little, but w/oil.

I don't know what the Jap tools are, but they came w/a good story; The guy had been in the navy in the Pacific during WW II. I can't remember his ships particular function, but the were right in the thick of alot of the island hopping combat. On one recently abandoned island, there had been a Jap naval base w/repair facilities. He had found the chisels and stone abandoned on a workbench on the base.

I totally believe the story since I heard it first hand, and he placed next to no value on the tools.

When I sell the tools (probably ebays the best venue, I have NO idea their worth if any), the story goes w/them, can't hurt their value any.

Coop.

Re: Cleaning a water stone

Jonathan Ronnow, Sweden

>I tried oil on my waterstone, and then realized it was a bad idea. What I did was use lots of paper towels and a mediumhot steamiron, and then washed out the remains with a water based brush cleaning agent.

Jonathan

Re: Cleaning a water stone

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>Dishwasher works. Another great idea is preheat the over to 250 degree's turn it off and put the stone on the racks for a couple of min pull it out with tongs and wipe it off with alchol you may need to repeat putting the stone in the oven. Heat will cause the oil to wick to the surface. (Might want to wait till the wife goes out)