Thread: Raising slurry on lower grit stones

All slurry does is make every grit of stone cut faster. It can and should be used all the way up to 8k. On 8k and higher, make sure that you follow slurried passes with water only passes.

Personally, if I want a slurry on a synthetic, I use a coticule slurry stone to raise a coticule slurry. My main reason is that low grit slurry is large, and tends to leave scratches above the bevel.

As an added bonus, I have found that the coticule slurry helps prevent the steel buildup (blackening) on synthetics.

Not that I NEED the slurry. (Unless I'm fixing messed up wedges on my 1k...)

Well, I used my mystery hone to raise the slurry. The grit on that one is well above 1000.

Now that you mention it, it does seem that stones are much cleaner when using slurry.

Cheers,

Rob