Cleaning Sharpmaker Diamond Rods

The rust erasers are a rubber matrix with silicon carbide grit embedded in the rubber. Personally, I'd avoid using them on nickel-plated diamond hones, as the SiC grit could erode the nickel over time. I'd opt instead to use just a simple pink or white pencil eraser, of which their 'abrasive' is a lot less aggressive. Some or (maybe) all 'pink' erasers use some iron oxide embedded in the rubber, and it won't be anywhere near as aggressive against the nickel plate on the hone.

An old toothbrush and some dish soap, or Comet/Ajax powder, or Bar Keeper's Friend & water work well for cleaning nickel-plated diamond hones. The oxalic acid in BKF will dissolve iron swarf, but is essentially non-reactive with the nickel plate itself. So even it won't hurt the hone.
 
Dish is soap is surprisingly effective in cleaning sharpening stones. It’s definitely not the first thing that came to my mind when I started looking for better ways to clean stones.
 
For diamond and Spyderco Ceramic stones I use Barkeepers Friend and or dishwashing soap.
A small scrub brush helps too.
 
I almost always use dish soap & water and a toothbrush for cleaning my diamond hones. If done after every sharpening session, there's essentially no need to do anything more aggressive at all.

I also lubricate my diamond hones with mineral oil when sharpening. That in itself goes a long way toward preventing heavy swarf from sticking to or clogging the hone. And the dish soap & water, afterwards, easily cleans up the mineral oil from the hone. Handled this way, my diamond hones are probably the easiest of all my sharpening gear to take care of, and keep working like new.
 
I'm a firm believer in Bar Keepers Friend. A little bit in the palm of your hand, a few drops of water and rub the stone. Rinse and you're good to go.
 
I use liquid dish soap, warm water, and a non-stick cookware safe scrubber on my Sharpmaker diamond rods. I make sure they are completely dry before returning them to their plastic storage tubes. I use Bon Ami or Barkeeper's Friend on the ceramic rods. The swarf seems to come off the diamond rods easier than the ceramics.
 
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Dish soap and a soft toothbrush. Barkeepers friend and scotch Brite for ceramics.
 
All of the above work very well. After sharpening with mine i just clean them a pencil eraser, and with a bit of detergent and a soft toothbrush when i think they need a good clean, i just make sure they are dry before putting away. Just do what works for you.:thumbsup:
 
I use Bar Keepers Friend for everything,I'm not saying that soap and a tooth brush work on diamonds never tried it,but on stones like the Venev stone and on stones like their OCB Resin stone that released you can see it more where the swarf is stuck into the stone and I have tried Comet and soap and both mixed together and everything else you can think of on water stones that load up with swarf and nothing works better then Bar Keepers Friend.

I find that only the powder version works for me,I have tried the liquid and it did noting at then I got the powder and it worked,I ran out of the powder and I remembered that I had so liquid stuff and it had sat for a year and had gone hard in the bottom of the bottle and when I squeezed it out a clear yellowy liquid came out and that stuff worked great just like the powder.

Bar Keeper Friend works so great for me that I can use a pinch of powder about the same size as half a Pea and then just rub the stone for 5 to 8 seconds and then rinse,it doesn't matter if the stone if really loaded deep with swarf or just a bit the swarf just fly's out like it's magic.

For Diamonds you could use soap or BKF I'm sure if as many guys are saying that soap works then it should,but as far as Comet goes I have never had any luck,I have never let it sit on the stone either and given it a chance to work maybe that was my problem but why wait if you have BKF the best stone cleaner in the world.
 
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