norton jb crystolon?

[biglou13]

got a used one from the auction site for a steal
mainly bought it for chef knives, removing metal, nick removal for straight razors

i was able to lap it flat, but it got sticky and mucky, pretty sure i raised old oil and dirt

any reason not to soak in some water and simple green to clean it up?

[sharptonn]

Certainly would not hurt. I remember some using oven cleaner if it is bad.

[BobH]

Certainly would not hurt. I remember some using oven cleaner if it is bad.

I have used oven cleaner to draw oil stains out of old gun stocks. That stuff really sucks out the oil.

Bob

[cman670]

No reason. Simple green in US or any oven cleaning stuff for the rest of the world. I use something very powerful for the oven, it takes 1-2 nights to get even the most oil soaked stones as clean as new, but it's from Europe.

[Steel]

Those crystolon stones are pretty much indestructible. I don’t think you will hurt it.

[Euclid440]

On porous stones like Crystolon, other Silicone Carbide or India stones, I hose down with dollar store oven cleaner, then soak in Mineral Spirits an old Tupperware sealed container works well to soak overnight for a single stone and will remove the bulk of the oil.

Then soak in Simple Green or Awsome from the dollar store, $3 a gallon and water to remove the rest of the oil and the mineral spirits smell.

Awsome is a bit more aggressive than Simple Green and a bit cheaper, they both work.