Thread: Wet Stone Cleaning Video

A lot of good info from this guy . He deals with knives but it translates to razors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f4Qsu8LiX8

More stuff to try .

I currently clean and lap my Choseras with the Atoma 400 after honing; and use the brown Naniwa synthetic nagura to prep the stones before honing. Seems to work, all suggestions welcome!

Originally Posted by JOB15

A lot of good info from this guy .

Not really. The rust erasers are terrible. Coarse Shaptons need a conditioning stones, better use some very low grit small SiC stones that no one wants and are dirt cheap.
If you are looking for an inexpensive "cleaning nagura" for the mid/finer range stones, buy a Rika 5000, cut it (very easy), enjoy. Works on anything, won't kill the stones.
If you need a "slurry nagura", get one of the smaller DMTs (600 or 1200) or Atomas (1200), work them on something hard to even the layer and you will never use something else.

He's fun to follow, but not now.

I just received the 2 rust erasers.

My thinking is that i want the finer of the two for my Gok 20 & Shapton 30k.

Lower grits i lap them clean.

Why are the rust erasers terrible?
Thanks

Too much variation in behavior from stone to stone and grit to grit. Requires a very good cleaning after with some stones. I've tried them and eventually gave up long before this video was made. I had these maybe as soon as they hit the market, can't even remember when I got the first ones. They are great for knives.
I also have the Lansky eraser that is also kinda terrible even for what it was made to do (Bar keepers is way better) and some other erasers. I would not recommend any for this.

I'll give them a bash tonight, see what happens and report back.

At the moment i clean those 2 high grit stones with Natural naguras.

Thanks

I keep old Scotch Brite sponges that we frequently change out from the Kitchen. My Bride is bacteria phobic, so we replace with a new sponge ever couple weeks.

I scrub the stones with the green scotch brite, it removes the swarf well with out removing stone, then a quick lap with a 600 plate and a rinse. Scotch Brite removes swarf well from stones that load up, like the Naniwia’s without removing a lot of stoneface.

I don’t use soaps on synthetic stones, for fear of a reaction, Bar Keepers works great on Diamond Plates scrub with a brass paint cleaning brush. Some stones are sensitive to soap, I once melted a hole in a Norton 8k with a drop of Dawn dish soap.

I got a hint from another member about using Magic Eraser sponges. Cleans nicely. But thats just to clean out any swarf that is sticking. I lap my stones enough that i dont have this issue much.

I like the Naniwa, dressing stone. ( brown turd ). Synthetic stones, only. Arks...dish soap, warm water, if real bad. Oil and a rag, if its light. 1k W/D paper, on my Thurigans

I just tried the rust erasers.

Gok 20 & Shapton Glass 30k loaded both of them with Vintage Sheffield Steel and then used the finer of the two erasers.

They worked very well for me . It has a rubber feel to it, cleaning both stones quickly and without removing much stone at all.

Maybe it is a case of each to their own ? First try and it performed better than i thought it would. See how it pans out over time..