Originally Posted by randydance062449
Yes, its supposed to feel that way, just a little different. Now, just to make sure that you don't have any embedded abrasive grit from the sandpaper take the hone and place it under running water and rub it with a nylon scrub pad and/or your fingers to remove anything that should not be there.
The general rule that I currently follow is to use either a very hard stone, like the chinese 12000, or a coarser stone, like the Norton 1000 to lap either my Norton 4000 or 8000. It seems that the particle's from the 1000 do not become embedded and the chinese 12000 is so hard that it appears not to leave any debris. Just a hunch on my part but thats whats been working the best for me. Later, when I get another 4000/8000 I will lap like with like.