Originally Posted by
PaulFLUS
Well consider that the rock tumbler medium silicon carbide powder (SIC) is what I use to flatten and dress Arkansas stones I would say it is potentially too aggressive. You can wear out a diamond plate on an Ark. Probably even the very fine powder would be quite aggressive. It is the same thing, just smaller particles. It would be interesting to test out some on a worn out junker blade just to see exactly what it would do.
By the way, I take all my pictures with my phone.