Thread: Slurry! Yes or No ?

Why not use slurry on a finisher? People talk about slurries on eschers etc all the time. If i'm finishing on my natural i tend to use a more dilucot method on it. Moving from the 12k naniwa to a welsh slate finisher i'll make a light slurry and dilute to the point that i finish it on just water and have had excellent results.

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Why not use slurry on a finisher? People talk about slurries on eschers etc all the time. If i'm finishing on my natural i tend to use a more dilucot method on it. Moving from the 12k naniwa to a welsh slate finisher i'll make a light slurry and dilute to the point that i finish it on just water and have had excellent results.

I would not suggest NOT to make a slurry...I would suggest trying it both ways and see what works.

I used to spend a lot of time on my finisher starting with a slurry and doing 20 circles, 20 passes and thinning the slurry to water.

More recently, I have started producing much better edges off the 8K and as a result I spend very little time on the finisher. My next honing will likely involve coming from the 8K and going to my finisher for ~5 passes without slurry to test the result.

I am not sure there is a right answer here....just the one that is right for the user

Slurry to remove metal, it's fresh abrasive.

No slurry to refine the edge.

Your choice. If you get an edge you're comfortable shaving with using light slurry, then you can finish that way, but you'll find that a lot of stones have abrasive particles too large to do that as easily as you can just polish the edge on clear water and get a very keen feel.

See the pictures from the wiki for a couple of stones where a slurry and no slurry comparison is done, especially with the chinese and coticule stones:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi..._various_hones

I do a quick lapping, about 5-8 back and forth or figure 8's then work that and dilute to clear water, some nice perfect x strokes to finish when the stone is just barely wet and done.

Short answer: Final passes on natural stones are just water, no slurry.

Yer As i said , I didnt think you should use Slurry on the final 12k stone, but being new I wanted to be sure I was doing the right thing. Cheers guys