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No, plain water. I use Windex on Diamond plates to hone steel. It works a bit better than plain water.

You do not want to use soap, or simple green on synthetic stones, it will eat the binder on...

DVW they also make a 140 plate for $30, I have beat one for years and it still laps stone, makes repairs, big chip removal on knives and tools and any other task for hogging off steel.

Great stone...

Looks like they have gone up $5.

400/1000 CNTG Diamond Plate $34.95

600 is a good diamond size for just making slurry, but I would spend the extra $15 and get a dual grit 400/1000, 8X3 inch plate. Then you can lap, make repairs, hone knives and tools and make...

No, you can not use the Norton flattening stone to raise slurry. It is a course grit Silicon Carbide, probably about 60 grit. You will end up with slurry of that grit.

A diamond plate is more...

With stones it is as much about the binder as it is the grit. Most cheap stones use a soft binder that wears the stone quickly out of flat.

While they “work”, you would probably be better off...

I have not used those stone, but the reviews are not promising.

You can buy a King, 1k for $20 us. And a 6k for $25 and a 1k/6k combo stone for $26. King has a long, well known reputation for...