Thread: Using diamond plates

I prefer to use window cleaner, soap acts as lubricant and surfactant, lubricant helps get a "polished" finish and surfactant makes solution adhere to the surface better. Saw it on Youtube somewhere and tried it, i reckon it is a better option than water. Dry doesn't feel right to me. Try each method, water and window cleaner won't hurt your plates. Nothing like personal experience from experimenting to validate advice.

+1 for water

I use water and have had good results. I have seen Paul Sellers use window cleaner, and I would like to try it, but I'm having no problems with water so I kind of see it as an extraneous expense.

Some people use saliva.

It's really hard for me to see any advantage to using them dry, aside from the elimination of a potential liquid mess. Any argument that you should keep your blades away from moisture is a bit silly. Just wipe them off well afterwards. I've never had a problem with blades rusting at the cutting edge because they were wet from being sharpened.

Cheers,
Luke

Further to my previous post, when I say I use water, I'm talking about a few drops. Like half a squirt from a squirt bottle. Just enough to cover the path of the blade while sharpening. Not even enough to run off the edges of the stone.

The liquid, whatever you like, is the vehicle to carry away the swarf. Each of my stones, both oil and water, sits in its own little cage.
Of course it's sloppy = I don't care, the edge is all that matters to me.

Most of the time, to do adzes and crooked knives with sweeps, I use whatever curved surfaces seem adequate with fine automotive sandpapers (dry)
wrapped around them. Box card and CrOx/AlOx for honing.

Hi I use cheap windex as I have found its the best at speeding up the cut and clean all my diamond stones off with Ajax and dry off to stop the swarf from rusting.
Cheers


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I use turps....never had a problem on eze lap brand stones except the little pocket hones on a stick... The glue melted but I just stuck it back on.