Oil on a water stone

[mackie]

I have several hones that have had oil used on them and water will not work on them. Water just beads up on the surface.
Someone on this forum said to put a little dish soap on it and it will work. I put a little dish soap in a spray bottle with water and it really works perfectly. I would like to thank whomever said that. It makes all the difference in the world. Mack

[Jasongreat]

I had a barber hone that had the same problem, was recomended to use easy off oven cleaner(scentless), oil all came off wonderfully.

[mackie]

Thank you, I will try that. This is such a great place. someone always has an answer.

[Jovus]

It also works to boil them in a solution of baking soda. This cleans the oil out nicely.

[McWolf1969]

+1 for the oven cleaner.
Also, for the more stubborn, oil saturated hones, i have had good sucess in using a combo of oven cleaner, then boiling in detergent on the stove for a time....again, only for the very old stones.

Mac

[mackie]

Will the stones not break from boiling ?

[mackie]

I have several hones that have had oil used on them and water will not work on them. Water just beads up on the surface.
Someone on this forum said to put a little dish soap on it and it will work. I put a little dish soap in a spray bottle with water and it really works perfectly. I would like to thank whomever said that. It makes all the difference in the world. Mack

The answer is no, that is not true.

[thebigspendur]

Be careful with boiling natural stones. Depending on the rock, some do better than others however the real issue is often times natural rocks have cracks in them and it is possible to damage a stone like that.

As far as using water on an oiled stone it depends how porous the rock is and how long it was used. A non porous rock you should be able to get the surface oil off. If its porous and had heavy use you will have more problems.