Thread: Tried Some Thing New

Originally Posted by mainaman

You textured your base stone too rough. For a finishing J-Nat to work correctly it has to be as smooth as possible, then its own grain does the work on the slurry not some gigantic artificial scratches..

When I say DMT plate im referring to the little DMT credit card ones..
From experience they don't work for me and your explanation sounds spot on but how come many people use them to generate slurry?
Thanks again

Originally Posted by JOB15

When I say DMT plate im referring to the little DMT credit card ones..
From experience they don't work for me and your explanation sounds spot on but how come many people use them to generate slurry?
Thanks again

The size of the DMT does not matter, they are way too rough to use as a slurry stones. I have a very well used 325 and it works for lapping because it is so worn out, but the surface is still not as smooth as it needs to be. The smoothness comes with making slurry with nagura/tomonagura.