Repeat the process if any dirt or grease remains on the stone.
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Wipe down the stone thoroughly.
Scour your sharpening stone whenever oil grease or dirt begin to build up on the surface and dull its effectiveness.
So called honing oil is really only mineral oil available at drug stores at a much lower price.
I ve had this tri stone since before i could drive and have caked on the honing oil ove.
Therefore a hard and black hard are needed to augment india stones in order to establish a polish.
Natural stones are usually much softer and finer grit than synthetic stones i use a 2 1 kerosene light oil mix as a lubricant and clean the stones with kerosene.
Here is one way to clean a sharpening stone that worked great for me.
I prefer water stones but most metal working applications where you have a smaller contact area the oil stones do the job a bit better since they are harder and don t get out of flat so quickly.
Wet a clean cloth or paper towel and wring it out.
Diamond stones or the new ceramic ones would be nice for that too but you can t beat the price on an oil stone.
Boiling and old stone perhaps with some detergent or as someone suggested using a dishwasher will certainly clean up an old stone but oil will remain in the stone.
Oilstones will work with almost any oil.
After scouring the stone remove the remaining dirt oil and wd 40.