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Waterstone storage

#1

Waterstone storage

Bob Sobieck

>With a busy life and all I find less time to spend at the wood. I am wondering how I should store my Japanese water stones. Now, I use them - get them all wet - clean, wipe dry, set out to dry for a day or 2 then put them in the original box they came in. Although this looks nice in the storage area, its a real pain through the use and storage cycle each time. Can I just leave them out unprotected? I thought a plastic tub, with plasctic between stones to prevent destructive rubbing. They stay in my basement and dont't think I would want them in a water bath since it is somtimes one or 2 months between uses.

Bob

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Frank

>I have a buddy that stores is stone in a ceramic container and changes the water every day and some times he changes it two times a day. He has them stone in the toilet reservoir in his shop. That is true... So. Calif.

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#3

Dale Lenz

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Dale Lenz

>have been in water since I purchased them, 1982! I use them every few months with a beginning of a project. I keep them immersed in a plastic Tupperware like container, no bleach, just water. Obviously, I change the water occasionally.

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#4

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John Clifford

>I have Norton water stones and I store them in tupperware containers. The 220 and 1000 grits are in water with a couple of drops of bleach to keep the water from getting funky. The 4000 and the 8000 grit are in the same type of container but not in water. I don't dry them though, they get put away wet. Been doing this for a couple of years now and it woks just fine.

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#5

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Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>I store my water stones dry because I like to flatten them before each use, and find it easier to flatten them dry than wet. I rub them across sandpaper on 1/2" glass to flatten them, and doing this wet clogs up the sandpaper very fast, and is also harder to see where the paper is hitting the stone. I noticed today that they are still setting out on my sharpening bench, which is often times the case. I leave them on the bench after use till they are dry, then when I think about it set them in the drawer under the bench. Having a small area set aside for sharpening makes a big difference in any shop. Not only is it more enjoyable to sharpen, it is also more efficient, and keeps the water and mess away from the workbench.

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#6

JL

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JL

>Tupperware, Rubbermaid or similar containers all work nicely. I store mine in old kitty litter buckets (hey, I have cats). If I am not using them for a while, or if I am going to transport them to a class somewhere, I let them dry out. Otherwise I put a couple drops of bleach in the water.

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#7

How about inside toilet tank

Gordon Seto

>As long as I don't use those drop-in toilet bowl cleaners, the water get changed frequently; will the toilet tank work? I have not owned any water stone yet. Just a thought.

Gordon

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#8

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Storing Jap stones in water is fine. Careful with combo stones as I have heard they can delaminate. I have never seen a delaminated stone but have been told it does happen

Cheers

Dan CLermont

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