A short while ago, I acquired a Norton 4K/8K Combination Stone. However, I soon learned from the forum gurus that before I could/should use it that it needed to be flattened. Well, that blew me over, but I figured it was par for the course. It's sort of like the tiny disclaimer on a box reading"batteries not included." Oh well, my Norton Flattening stone arrived about an hour ago sans directions other than to "take the water stone to the flattening stone after drawing a line grid on the water stone. My question is this. Should the water stone be soaked and kept wet for this process just as you would if you were honing a blade on it? If kept wet, won't the grid lines be removed by virtue of the water alone thus providing a false indication of flattening? Also, since you are taking the water stone to the flattening stone, what honing technique should be used? Hope these questions are not too elementary, but if they are, please excuse my ignorance.

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