Thread: Cleaning oil off a hone

Photo of the box, please.

Originally Posted by Magpie

Benz, I have not worked a machine shop in 30 years, I'm unfamiliar with Stoddard Solvent. Is that a name brand or a type?

Around here we call it Stoddard or Stanisol. http://www.cenex.com/~/media/cenex/f...ds-g23-02.ashx
Hope this helps.

Well I have had success removing the oil smell using Lestoil.
But then the box stinks of that scent.
Walmart cleaning supplies, oil and grease remover for clothes.
Got tar out of overalls basement sealing.

I have also posted suggesting the oven cleaner, because a stone guy posted that it worked well. That was years ago. I confess I've never done it myself, since I've never had a stone that needed the treatment.

OTOH, I've had cast iron Griswold pans that had years of caked on oil cooked onto them, and used Easy Off, the stinky kind, to clean them. Rubber gloves & goggles, spray on and stick in a plastic bag. Leave it bagged in the utility room a day or two and then rinse off and inspect. If it isn't all gone, do it again until it is.

Whether the same treatment would work on a stone I don't know. Worth a try in cases where nothing else is working well.