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You'd get a lot of starch in the surface pores probably. Unless they're 100% dried out every time you use them, you might get fungus. Not sure it would be better.

What would work is if you put...

I am pretty sure that with a 4000 or esp the 8000 grit side of a norton, you'd have exactly that effect.
What I do is put it on kitchen paper for a night, and then just put it back in the box. There...