Cleaning ceramic stones

[Wayne58]

Has anyone else used a Staedtler eraser for cleaning their stones! Especially the fine white. Seems to work

 

[kobold]

I do it under the tap with some dish washing liquid and a scotch-brite.

 

[yoko]

I've never tried , I've just always used a brush and bar keepers friend

 

[soc_monki]

I use an eraser sometimes, but it doesn't get all the embedded metal out (you can still see it sparkling under light). Use a scotch Brite pad and barkeepers friend. The barkeepers friend has oxalic acid in it, which will dissolve the embedded metal and work better than just an eraser or normal soaps.

 

[VashHash]

I use an eraser for my ceramic and diamond stones. I prefer the hipolymer white erasers.

 

[ferdiad]

Pinky erasers. I keep 3 on hand all the time for cleaning both ceramics and leather strops.

 

[Sal Glesser]

Hi Wayne, Ferdian,

Welcome to our forum.

My preference is for commercial grade Scotch-bright and Comet. I carry erasers with me when I travel and they will work in a pinch, but agree with Soc_monki they are not as effective.

sal

 

[Wayne58]

Thanks for the reply to my question,And thank you for the warm welcome by everyone
Wayne

 

[TravisH]

I use the Staedtler white hipolymer erasers for a quick cleanup of my ceramic rods.

But, for a thorough cleaning, I use Blue Scotchbrite pads and Dawn dishwashing soap on all my rods and stones, ceramic, diamond, whatever.

 

[cheesemaster]

Scotchbrite and Bar Keepers Friend has been working for me too

 

[Mossyhorn]

Hi Wayne, Ferdian,

Welcome to our forum.

My preference is for commercial grade Scotch-bright and Comet. I carry erasers with me when I travel and they will work in a pinch, but agree with Soc_monki they are not as effective.

sal

I use that as well. I sometimes use Boraxo hand soap in place of Comet.

 

[Ajack60]

I use Lansky honing oil, followed by comet and a scotchbrite pad.

 

[GatorFlash1]

I've never tried , I've just always used a brush and bar keepers friend

This is my technique, which I don't use unless the the sharpening stones are really cruddy.

 

[S-3 ranch]

Mr clean erase pads seem pretty good

 

[WhitleyStu]

Aerosol carb cleaner loosens the particles of metal from the pores in the stones and lets them wash away. Leave stones out side for an hour or so till dry. Fast and easy...

 

[Mark Spark]

In the past I used comet which works pretty well. But you have to scrub hard and use water to get all the metal off. Now I use Mother's metal polish. No water, no nylon pad, no scrubbing. Just wipe a little on, wipe it off and Sharpmaker rods are snowy white. Every auto parts store has it in little jars.

Another weird thing. I own hundreds of dollars of expensive diamond plates. It used to be that to get the sharpest edge I'd use the fine diamond plate. Using fine or extra fine Sharpmaker rods after would decrease sharpness. Now the Sharpmaker fine gets edges noticably sharper than any of my diamond plates. I think its possible that the mild abrasive in the metal polish has improved the Sharpmaker rods. I'm now getting S30V as sharp as tool steels like D2, M4 or K390, where I used to struggle to get S30V very sharp. Even S110V, my nemesis, is now acceptably sharp.

 

[r8shell]

I use glycerin as a sharpening lubricant, and it wipes off nice and clean.

 

[blanex1]

I userly just clean with baking powder and rise well, gets all the crape off.

 

[ferider]

Another vote for Bar Keepers Friend.

 

[Raylas]

I use Bon-Ami, and either a green scotch-brite pad, or a denture brush.

Takes the crud right off.