Thread: Oil on my Shapton, Help!

Please, do not ask how, but there is hydraulic fluid splattered all over my shapton glass stone, and my Norton 8k

I know how to clean up an oily Ark, but is there a safe and effective way to clean synthetics?

Today is simply not a good day!

You could try to put it for few days to salt or I heard that few people had decent results with putting it into dishwasher. I personaly use oven cleaner but I have not cleaned Shaptons or Nortons. Good luck.

I had good success with straight up hot lye water on a cheaper synthetic

You can try some of that absorbent they use at service stations to absorb oil on the ground. it might draw most of it out. After that maybe some degreaser.

I'd give 'em a bit of scrubbing with soap and water. What grit is the Shapton? It might not make much difference if it's a 16K or higher.

Its the 16k Shapton Glass. Also got my Norton 8k. Thankfully, the rest of my hones were put away at the time.

As long as the oil wasn't on there very long, a little dish soap and water should be all you need. Hydraulic oil is generally heavier in weight and shouldn't soak in too quickly compared to something like sewing machine oil.

With the Shap Pro's detergents/soap or hot water is clearly advised against in the instructions . The GS are also ceramics so I'd be hesitant to use those means. The Norton will not likely be so sensitive as it is a simple waterstone.
I'd try some dry medium as advised by tbs maybe even put the Shap face down in Talcum powder ?

With the Shap Pro's detergents/soap or hot water is clearly advised against in the instructions

This is correct, Shapton did advise against it. Especially against storing them in dishwater. But I have been using my Shapton GS 16k with lather or detergent for quite some time without any side effects.
I would definitely try soap. The GS 16k is quite a dense stone, maybe the oil did not soak into the stone and a little bit of lapping after cleaning will do the trick

[I] would contact Howard at the perfect edge. He is close to all the Shapton people and he would know or be able to find out.
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