I'm wondering if Naniwa Super-, Specialty-/Sharpening-, Gouken Kagayaki- stones can be soaked for any prolonged period of time.

I own a 10mm thick 12k Kagayaki which warps something fierce. And before I needlessly lap away an excessive amount of it, I'd like to know if I can just permasoak it to have it just take one shape and stay that way by avoiding wet/dry cycles.

I believe this type of Naniwa hone uses a resinoid binder and although it is most commonly used as splash-&-go, I've read that the problem with soaking this type of synthetic is once they get waterlogged, the drying process can stress them more than just wetting them at the time of use. I believe the explanation for this is that resinoid stones are only slightly porous, which explains their good performance as splash-&-go's; but once they saturate with water after prolonged soaking, their drying is problematic in that the outside dries much quicker that the inside resulting in differences in expansion/contraction with leads to stresses in the hone.

I know I've seen that folks have attached some of these to bases to prevent deformation, and while that certainly is an option, I'd like to find out what can and can't be done with these hones before I settle on one course of action.