Thread: What is Your Current Honing Set-up?

I spray it with WD-40 first and scrub with a wire brush until all the loose stuff is gone then the soak goes much faster. It only soaked for a couple of days but I pull it out 3 or 4 times a day and scrub with a fingernail brush, wash with Lava soap then return to the soak. That combination seems to work pretty well. You wouldn't believe it was the same stone as before. It was black on the top half.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I spray it with WD-40 first and scrub with a wire brush until all the loose stuff is gone then the soak goes much faster. It only soaked for a couple of days but I pull it out 3 or 4 times a day and scrub with a fingernail brush, wash with Lava soap then return to the soak. That combination seems to work pretty well. You wouldn't believe it was the same stone as before. It was black on the top half.

You made my stone feel bad so i have stuck in some simple green for a good soak.

Nothing wrong with a little bath.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Nothing wrong with a little bath.

I've had mine in Simple Green for a couple of days and the colour hasn't changed at all.

I'm starting to think that mine is naturally a different colour to yours. Unless it's the camera yours looks greyish to me but mine for some reason is more creamy. I don't know if vintage Pike Norton #1 Washita's came in different slightly different shades but I guess it makes sense if there were a a few veins.

I did scrub it with a wire brush, the only thing that achieved is that I'm going to have to dress it again

Washitas all had slightly different shades an sometimes streaks or splotches of different colors. Although, from what I've seen the Pikes were fairly uniform stones compared to some others I've seen.

I usually use Simple Green. Put them in a container and forget them.This Washita is still soaking after months. I couldn't tell what it was when I bought it.

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It's now in a vacuum sealed container. Not sure it will help with such a long soak but certainly can't hurt. I'm thinking at some point it might return to pure white.

Anyone find it curious you are discussing cleaning a stone that contains the words "wash it"?

Dang someone put some mileage on that stone. I would love to find a big Ark like that.

Sweet! That's an oldie there. I bet it's a toe breaker too. The old ones were really dense and heavy.

Originally Posted by JP5

Anyone find it curious you are discussing cleaning a stone that contains the words "wash it"?

Dang someone put some mileage on that stone. I would love to find a big Ark like that.

It was the deep dish and odd size that threw me off, I was hoping for somthing else. It's roughly a 1 1/2" square by 8".

I haven't really played with it yet. I think I will just roll it over on it's side rather than try to flatten it.

Hope this isn't too boring, but my stone setup is the standard Naniwa SS progression, 1k to 12k, and a mixed bag of coarser synthetics for repair and getting a preliminary bevel started when there is a lot of heavy lifting to do. After the 12k I hit the lapped and pasted balsa progression, .5µ, .25µ, and .1µ. But I am about as likely to use lapping film instead of the stones. I especially appreciate that the plate doesn't wear and so it stays flat forever. Sometimes I set the bevel on film, sometimes on the stones and then continue with just the 9µ, 3µ, and 1µ film followed with the three stage balsa progression. After the balsa, you really can't tell the difference between the film and the Naniwas, or naturals, for that matter.