Thread: Creating a slurry with a Chinese 12k?

I have a Chinese 12k and recently bought a slurry stone from Zib off the classifieds. My question is when I wet the bigger stone and start rubbing it with the slurry stone, it doesn't look like anything is happening and when I press harder it just feels like it's floating on the bigger stone. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

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Here is the most effective way I've found;

A lot of guys use way too much water for starter's. Try a spray bottle and spritz the stone. Chinese 12k's are not "slurry abundant" stones. Same as J nats. A C12k will produce a very thin grayish slurry. Since they are natural, you will have variations from stone to stone. Try using the rough side of the slurry stone, The side that shows the cut marks...See if that helps.

You do have to rub pretty hard, and pretty fast on some of the harder 12k's. Almost like your trying to start a fire on it.....

One of the problems your experiencing is called "surface tension". One solution is to cut the bottom of the slurry stone in a cross hatch pattern. This will significantly reduce the surface tension. I have used this method on a slurry stone for a Tam O'Shanter and it works very well.
The other method that works is what JimmyHAD suggested. Both are effective. Jimmys is simple to implement.