I'm getting ready to start keeping my razors in shape, and I've got a Naniwa SS 5K, 8K, and 12K. I also got a DMT 325 plate to lap them. I got them through SRD. So, I thought I would lap each stone as that seemed to be a pretty standard recommendation, and I figured it would have to be done at some point anyway.

After lapping them with running water and using a figure 8 type of pattern, I am noticing that there are scratch marks on the tops, and the tops of the stones where I've lapped them do not feel as smooth as the bottom of the stone that I haven't lapped. Please, please, please tell me that I've not just ruined the entire set up.