Thread: Cleaning wooden hone boxes? [de-oiling]

It is in the grocery store around here. Small un assuming bottle, with the cleaning products.

Originally Posted by benhunt

Where does one acquire TKO?

It would help if you could add your location in your profile so we can be more specific. With that said, here's one link:

https://www.mynaturalmarket.com/orga...tko-16-oz.html

You could also contact the manufacturer:

Orange TKO

Good Luck with the search.

Perhaps a can of spray brake parts cleaner from the auto parts?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Perhaps a can of spray brake parts cleaner from the auto parts?

I've used brake cleaner on bicycle parts and the stuff is a great degreaser. I was also thinking of good old mineral spirits.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've used brake cleaner on bicycle parts and the stuff is a great degreaser. I was also thinking of good old mineral spirits.

Ether is a good cleaner. Use it outside and no sparks nearby!

Just to let you know there are wooden hones (as in Henk's book) and even fungi which you can use for honing.

Originally Posted by benhunt

(That's [wooden [hone boxes]] not [ [wooden hone] boxes] . Just in case anyone asks what a wooden hone looks like. )

Ideas on cleaning up antique wooden hone boxes? I've seen here suggestions for using Simple Green, at least for the hone itself. Would it work on the box? Elsewhere I've seen suggestions about using Murphy's Wood Soap or else MEK + whiting.

I have used with success a white spirit-based furniture polish. Put some on a rag and rub it thoroughly into the wood. While you rub it in the dirt will come off.