Fluid for waterstones - what do you use??
I'm looking for a better option than plain old tap water for sharpening on water stones (the non-soaking variety) & diamond plates.
It seems that HoneRite Gold is no longer available in Oz - PWS used to sell it, but no longer in their store. Advantage of this product is supposedly the rust inhibitors, surfactants to better carry away the swarf & it being widely used on water stones with no reported ill effects.
Paul Sellers seems to favour using Auto Glass cleaner (as opposed to ammonia based household glass cleaners). This seems to be mainly isopropyl alcohol & water, with a very small amount of detergent.
Some people seem to concoct their own mixtures - for example metho & a few drops of dishwash detergent dissolved in water.
The metalworking fraternity have a variety of water based coolant additives for mills & lathes, but I can't see any reports of people using these with water stones.
Ideally I would like something that has rust inhibitor properties.
What (if anything) do you guys use other than plain water?