Originally Posted by
Steve56
O.K., I ain’t afraid of no ghost.... I did the experiment with my Gok 20k.
Dry weight, 689.1g it had been weeks since I used it so it was ‘at equilibrium’ dryness. After a 30 min submerged soak, 689.5g
So it absorbed 0.4g water in 30 minutes, or 0.058% of the stone’s mass. Not much! It also did not appear to warp, though extended or perpetual soaking may cause other issues, but the tiny amount of water that it absorbed seems to indicte perpetual soaking wouldn’t do anything useful anyway. The tiny amount of absorbed water also means (to me anyway) that soaking is unlikely to warp the stone.
Jamie’s and other’s opinions that the stone is practically non-absorbent appears to be true.
The stone is now in a controlled dry in a Shapton Pro box.
Cheers, Steve