I asked the same question a few weeks ago. I decided to set a new bevel and bring it up through the stone until 12k, strop it. It was a better shave than before! I set the bevel because I did not know if they used tape or not. The biggest thing I did was buy a loupe at widget supply for 4 bucks, this way I could see the edge.

One more thing I was told from the members here and learned after several tries was when you set the bevel you know your on the right path when you can cut hair at the 1k stone. After I did that the other stones worked out very sharply.