Thread: Water Quality

Originally Posted by rolodave

Grit in the water is no laughing matter.

If the screens in your faucets clog up, I would be very leery of that water for honing or sanding.

When we moved in three years ago, the commode tanks had about 3/4 inch of sand. A softener solved the problem.

A softener has nothing to do with grit and sand. it just affects the carbonates in the water. As a matter of fact grit in the water will destroy the resin in your tanks. Most softeners have a filter attached usually 30 or 40 microns specifically to filter out the grit.

I know my unit after 4-5 months the pre filter has turned from white to black.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

This causes me to recall that a calcium carbonate-based cleanser like Bon Ami is sometimes counseled for refreshing the surface of ceramic hones. So if it is refreshing the surface there, I suppose it is potentially capable of effecting change in other ways.

Yeah, maybe it would be interesting to try to charge a strop with calcium carbonate. Perhaps it is the one of the active/inactive ingredients in the supposedly innocuous Solingen white paste?

Now I had to look up the ingredients of Bon Ami!

More Feldspar [6.5 MOHs] than limestone [Calcium Carbonate at 3 MOHs]

Many other ingredients including Xanthan gum and citric acid....

Put that on your hone and much different than "plain" water.

An interesting thing I learned while looking is that Trilobites had compound eyes that used calcite crystals for the lenses.

Calcite is found in nature in optical grade. it also comes in a variety called "Iceland Spar" which is also optical quality and is double refractive.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Calcite is found in nature in optical grade. it also comes in a variety called "Iceland Spar" which is also optical quality and is double refractive.

I read a little about this also. There are so many interesting things and I have sometimes been accused about going off topic!

Originally Posted by 32t

,,,,,,,,,,,,, I have sometimes been accused about going off topic!

No,,, say it ain't so,,,,

Originally Posted by 32t

Now I had to look up the ingredients of Bon Ami!

More Feldspar [6.5 MOHs] than limestone [Calcium Carbonate at 3 MOHs]

Many other ingredients including Xanthan gum and citric acid....

Put that on your hone and much different than "plain" water.

An interesting thing I learned while looking is that Trilobites had compound eyes that used calcite crystals for the lenses.

That may be the original formulation for Bon Ami. The current container just lists calcium carbonate as an active ingredient.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

That may be the original formulation for Bon Ami. The current container just lists calcium carbonate as an active ingredient.

I got that info from their website. Bon Ami

They say the limestone is in it for a mild abrasive

Originally Posted by 32t

I got that info from their website. Bon Ami

They say the limestone is in it for a mild abrasive

I wonder if it is the same as rottenstone?

Originally Posted by 32t

I got that info from their website. Bon Ami

They say the limestone is in it for a mild abrasive

Wow, there it is. Thanks.

Originally Posted by rolodave

I wonder if it is the same as rottenstone?

Now I had to look up rottenstone and then Tripoli.......

I think you are right.