Thread: Can you lap a 10x3 stone with a 6x3 diamond plate.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

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This is what I have and it works great!

An affordable method would be a 12x12 marble tile from a store like home depot and wet/dry sandpaper. That Zulu would eat it to pieces though.

Have you considered the G20? I love mine much more than the ZG...

I've considered it and I'll probably get one at some point but I have a thing for natural stones.

Can you plaster a lath wall flat? How long is the coast of England? The answer to the later is the qualifier to the former. How flat is flat is a question that for most is subjective, and yes you can lap a larger stone with a smaller plate. The plasters of the 19th century would alternate directions with their knives on their coats to achieve this.

I would suggest going with the 3" side in one direction and the 6" side leading in an orthogonal one. Cross hatch. 1:1 alternating.

In case anyone is wondering what the coast of England has to do with the measure of flatness of a plane- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox

No hone is perfectly flat, it's about dialing it into optimal or at least acceptable tolerances.

So, I have watched an old craftsman effortlessly, do real lath and plaster and lay off a flat wall, were the results the same when I tried it? No… That takes real, years of doing, skill.

Can it be done? Yea, but a new guy? Not the best advice, and if he tries probably will not get the best results.

Often, when we give advice, it is based on the members experience and with a thought to the hundreds, possibly thousands of other, new guys reading these threads years later and then trying the recommendation.

The OP asked, How, would you attempt to lap a stone of that size? Is that really how you would do it?

The best answer is, get a large plate or Wet & Dry on a flat surface. As you say, it is about “dialing into optimal results”, based on experience and tools at hand. Clearly if he could do it, he would not be asking. We try to set up new guys for success.

Originally Posted by aaron1234

I've considered it and I'll probably get one at some point but I have a thing for natural stones.

Ahh. I have a thing for natural stones too so I totally get this. It sounds like you got a monster stone on the way. Don't tell me you hand hone. Lol

Originally Posted by Steel

Ahh. I have a thing for natural stones too so I totally get this. It sounds like you got a monster stone on the way. Don't tell me you hand hone. Lol

With a crackheads addiction.

Originally Posted by aaron1234

With a crackheads addiction.

Lmao!!!!!!

I have done it .
Figure 8 the stroke and hit it from mutiple angle not just at 90 degrees.
Remember that if your on a true flat surface, working the grid, the mountains disappear before the valleys.
I think it explains itself. the grid lines left showing are the low spots, Work on the rest of the hone to get it true flat.
Plaster and lath can be done just fill in the thick spaces first and then thin out your mud and lighten your touch.