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  1. 08-22-2011, 04:28 AM #21
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    Actually scratch all of this, my purchase application was declined... By my fiance :P no restoration for me!
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  2. 08-22-2011, 04:51 AM #22
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    It'll happen some day.
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    Actually scratch that it's back on :P
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  4. 08-22-2011, 06:47 AM #24
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    Well, sounds like someone is puttin' down his/her foot...Lets watch to see who comes out as Boss...


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  5. 08-22-2011, 07:36 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    Short answer...No. As far as flattening goes, do it cheap (short term) by going to a tile warehouse and picking up a smooth faced tile and then trip off to Bunnings for some wet and dry sandpaper of various grades up to as fine as you can get it, Start from about 400, then go on to 600, 800, 1000 and 1200. If you can find finer get it, if not, that'll do. Buy a few sheets in each grade. Mark up your hones lay a wet sheet on your tile, take your presoaked hone to the wet sandpaper and start rubbing it all over till the pencil marks are gone. Re-mark and re-peat.


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    For one time flattening, I agree. But if you are going to do restoration and see yourself doing this more often, the DMT will be cheaper in the long run, and it will be much faster and much less messy than the sandpaper approach.
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  6. 08-22-2011, 09:22 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by MickRussell View Post
    300 EACH?!? What kind of stones are you trying to get? I have three King stones, 1200, 4k and 8k that cost me $201 combined, INCLUDING postage and as far as I can tell the weakest part of the set is the idiot using them.
    Ha! Same here! I'd pay a hundred to go to a honing class though!
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  7. 08-22-2011, 09:22 AM #27
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    Agreed Bruno, That's why I had 'short term' in brackets. I didn't take into account the busier side known as 'restoration'. My bad.


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