Thread: Need help cleaning a DMT

Hi,
I have a DMT Dia-Sharp( the little credit card sized DMT. I was trying to "break it in", or smooth it out before using it on a Shobu-dani to raise a slurry with.
I read one way to do this is to rub it on a very hard stone. Well, I made what I think is a big mistake. I thought "hard stone?" , Arkie.
I used it on my hard ark, not thinking that it is an oilstone. Now I have a big circle of what I can only imagine is an oil slurry on my DMT. I cannot get it off. Tried washing, using Naphtha, scrubbing it with Old Dutch cleanser(like Barkeepers frind). Cannot remove it. It leaves a greyish muddy slurry on any stone I used it on. Any one know if I can fix this?

I have used unscented oven cleaner on barber hones. It may work to de-grease your DMT.

Boil it with a drop of Dawn dishwashing soap in the pot.

Both of those sound like capital ideas.
My thanks to you both!

WD-40 will clean it off , with a paper towel soaked in dish soap to follow. I use my DMT's regularly on India oils stones to remove swarf,,, then I have to push the oil off my DMT.

The oven cleaner works also, I have done that,,, non-scented is less toxic. I prefer the WD because its cheaper for me than the oven cleaner.

Yeah, oil (or whatever WD40 is) might be the best thing to solubilize the oil on the DMT.

"solubilize " ,,,,,,,,,,,, had to GOOGLE that

Sweet! Another reason this place is AWESOME!
Thanks. WD40 is only a couple of steps away.

WD40 did not work. It looked like it did, the spot disappeared. Then I ran it on top of a waterstone, got the blackish grey slurry, and the spot is now larger and uglier. Will try the other methods, but it looks like I'm buyin another Dia Sharp. Meh.