Thread: Sealing synthetic waterstones

edit: I should thank you for that thread, btw. It's a very helpful discussion of this topic I came across once I realized that maybe I wasn't imagining that my thin 12K hone was shapeshifting on me between lappings...

I mean, tcrideshd does mention it being an 8K Snow White, right? That thing is magnesia-based, like the Choseras and sufficiently high-grit to be pertinent, being between the 5K and 10K Choseras, which are the main culprits in the crazing/cracking conversation. Also, like I said, an 8K Snow White is what got me seriously thinking about this in the first place. I just assumed the 5K Naniwa referenced with regards to spider webs was a Chosera/Professional...

I've never heard of any problems with the Superstones and their ilk cracking or anything of the sort -- although i do have a thread going about soaking them. And to your point, the reason I am interested in soaking them is that it would be one way to be sure to have them consistently wet in an easily repeatable fashion. I suspect that no harm would come to them if I tried permasoaking them, but I am too chicken to try it for the time being.

I currently own or am thinking about acquiring most of the Chosera/Pro stones up to 5k and I have both the 10K and 12K 20mm Superstones (literally Superstones; my 10K is the based model, 12K is without base) and also a 10mm thick Kagayaki 12k (which is the most recent incarnation of the Naniwa 12k, AFAIK), which seems to be a slightly different shape every time I look at it...

Originally Posted by Occamsstrop

I mean, tcrideshd does mention it being an 8K Snow White, right? That thing is magnesia-based, like the Choseras and sufficiently high-grit to be pertinent, being between the 5K and 10K Choseras, which are the main culprits in the crazing/cracking conversation. Also, like I said, an 8K Snow White is what got me seriously thinking about this in the first place. I just assumed the 5K Naniwa referenced with regards to spider webs was a Chosera/Professional...

Yup, sorry to say I totally forgot that the snow white was part of the discussion.