Cleaning Spyderco Diamond Rods

[Ritt]

I finally broke down and bought a set of diamond rods, coincident with my deduction that the "B" in BG-42 refers to the fact that it's a B!tch to sharpen. Well, to be fair, I'm reprofiling it. Anyway, I know I need to be "gentle" with the diamond rods so I don't scrape all the diamond dust out of them when I'm sharpening. But how do you guys clean the diamond rods? I suppose the green scrubby pad and scouring powder I use for the gray and white rods are not a good idea for these delicate diamonds.

Thank you.

 

[Senate]

, I know I need to be "gentle" with the diamond rods so I don't scrape all the diamond dust out of them when I'm sharpening...

I don't own any diamond rods so maybe my question will appear silly to the ones who do, but, is it possible to ruin the diamond dust when you're not gentle?

 

[HoB]

No but you can break the diamonds out of the Ni in which they are anchored (at least DMT does them that way). I don't think you need to worry about cleaning them much. DMT recommends to scrub their stones with a toothbrush once in a while.

 

[Ritt]

Thanks HoB, that makes sense. I suppose they can't really get "clogged" the way a ceramic or natural stone could.

 

[Santi]

Umm . . . , I was wondering about this, too.