Quote Originally Posted by northpaw View Post
How much lapping does it need? I've no experience with lapping huge stones, but I can tell you that the bulk of your work needn't involve higher grits. Once you get it flat enough with the lower grits, I'd probably just set the hone on a counter and polish the top with sheets of wet/dry sandpaper taped to your stone plate.
This is what I thought of just was not sure about edges of those papers damaging the work.