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    Default norton- sandpaper lapping troubles...

    I read some ppl had problems using sandpaper while lapping their nortons. Is that an often problem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by napoleon View Post
    I read some ppl had problems using sandpaper while lapping their nortons. Is that an often problem?

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    I don't know how frequent it is... All I can tell you is that I had problems the second time I lapped with abrasive paper and the hone was unusable until I flattened it with a Norton flattening stone. Grit too small to see or feel with your finger was embedded in the surface and you could feel the razor hit it. Nothing got it out but the flattening stone. I asked Howard Schechter at www.theperfectedge.com about it and he said that he doesn't like lapping with sandpaper for that very reason, that contamination is always possible.

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    On the opposite side of the above I have never had problems with lapping with sandpaper. Go figure. If you can afford a DMT lapping plate then that would be the safest bet.
    Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin

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    In the end I got a almost free belgian combo. Can I lap them on the wet dry (and what grit, maybe different grit for each side) and can I have the same problems as some of you guys with the norton.

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    Use 320 grit for the basic work and 1000 grit to finish. You will have no problem with the sandpaper.
    Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin

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    What do you mean basic work? Till the pencil lines are gone? And than finish with the 1000 grit?

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    Yes, exactly.
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    Lapping on sandpaper can be done but it's a tedious and messy process. I lap a lot of stones every week including Nortons and Belgians as well as others. I use a DMT8C which is the continuous diamond Coarse grit. Using the same one for almost 6 years now. I put it in the kitchen sink, adjust a stream of water over it sufficient to wash away the swarf as it forms and lap the stone until it's uniformly flat. The DMT is flat to .001" over the entire 24sq. in. of the stone (8x3).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Howard View Post
    Lapping on sandpaper can be done but it's a tedious and messy process. I lap a lot of stones every week including Nortons and Belgians as well as others. I use a DMT8C which is the continuous diamond Coarse grit. Using the same one for almost 6 years now. I put it in the kitchen sink, adjust a stream of water over it sufficient to wash away the swarf as it forms and lap the stone until it's uniformly flat. The DMT is flat to .001" over the entire 24sq. in. of the stone (8x3).
    + 1 I don't lap as many stones but I will swear by the DMT8C for that purpose.

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    Howard, how do you know when its completly level?

    Quote Originally Posted by Howard View Post
    Lapping on sandpaper can be done but it's a tedious and messy process. I lap a lot of stones every week including Nortons and Belgians as well as others. I use a DMT8C which is the continuous diamond Coarse grit. Using the same one for almost 6 years now. I put it in the kitchen sink, adjust a stream of water over it sufficient to wash away the swarf as it forms and lap the stone until it's uniformly flat. The DMT is flat to .001" over the entire 24sq. in. of the stone (8x3).

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