Thread: Microwaving the Nortons

On a similar note,some guys on one of the woodworking sites figured a way to season wood in the micro.
I tried it with a pce of ebony,Exploded and broke the carosol plate,wife was rather purturbed

I have had to respond several times to incidents where steam has come into contact with water trapped in a cold underground steam line. The liquid water flashes into steam instantly expanding about 1700x. The street erupts and asbestos contaminated mud covers the sides of nearby buildings and parked cars. A condensation plume raises above the buildings until the steam line is shut down.

Here is the update on the score:

1 vote for microwaving the stone.

32 votes against microwaving the stone.

No brainer dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jerry

Consider also the metal slurry trapped in the stones. metal + microwave = bad things.

Or possibly gold....

Unless it is an airtight drawer what is your worry?

Originally Posted by ace

I think that if you put the Microwave setting on high for five minutes you'll wind up with a 30K Shapton.

Originally Posted by Slur

Water is not really trapped into the pores of the hone I think.
Maybe with slow and progressing heating it will just evaporate and disappear.
However you scared me a lot. Mission abandoned

I am pretty sure that with a 4000 or esp the 8000 grit side of a norton, you'd have exactly that effect.
What I do is put it on kitchen paper for a night, and then just put it back in the box. There will be some moisture inside probably, but it won't hurt the stone.

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

But this got me thinking, what if you had a box or bucket filled with rice? Would letting them sit in the rice pull the moisture out quicker?

You'd get a lot of starch in the surface pores probably. Unless they're 100% dried out every time you use them, you might get fungus. Not sure it would be better.

What would work is if you put them over the rice, but not touching it. The rice would take moisture out of the air, which would make the ston dry out faster.

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Here is the update on the score:

1 vote for microwaving the stone.

32 votes against microwaving the stone.

No brainer dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jerry

No I think a good chunk of us is for it as a science project just not as a good idea for if he want to still use it.

Make sure to yell "For SCIENCE!" as you do this. Also make sure to wear a kilt and blue warpaint.

Originally Posted by eod7

Don't do it. But if you do, take a video.