sorry to bump an old thread, but there's so many threads already on these stones that I didn't want to start another one.

I just bought the 3 stone set, looking forward to trying them all out in all the different ways discussed here, but before I find time to really play with them, one quick question:
When you're using the purple stone to just touch up a razor that's still decent, but starting to tug......would you use a light slurry diluted to water? Or just go straight to water? Previously honed on Norton 1k/4k/8k, finished on C12K (if that matters?)


I lapped the purple one last night, was going to do the other two today, but got sloppy taping the spine of a razor this morning and sliced the hell out of my thumb So....need to wait for this to heal a bit before prepping the other stones, but I'm really overdue for a touch up here, and don't wanna go back to the C12K when there's a brand new stone here that I've been so anxious to try