I was very lucky to be given 4 DMT stones to sharpen my knives on. When the previous owner gave them to me he recommended soapy water, thus I used dawn and water. The little research I did on the topic pointed towards the surface tension helping pull the metal to the surface and away from the stone.
Anyway, read, watched, somewhere to try kerosene. I was skeptical but I was getting lack luster results with soapy water so decided to try it. Went out and purchases some Kleen-Heat
It has been amazing, I am getting better finishes, with less passes. At first I thought this might be psychosomatic, but I started sharpening all of my knives on the DMT stones and kerosehttps://myip.kim/ https://birthdaywishes.onl/ https://elecpay.in/tneb/
ne and have been over the moon with my results.
I have no idea how different types of stones are effected by using kerosene vs other fluids but my solid DMT stones have had no issues.
Quick safety note: Kerosene is flammable, and will ignite around 450 degrees. I have made some tests on thus far feel safe using it. I have not been able to ignite it with a soldering iron at 750 degrees F which may because of the type of kerosene it is, but I have no doubt if you were to create a spark it would ignite. So if you decide to try this, be smart, use only what you need, in a well ventilated area with a fire extinguisher nearby.
Anyway, read, watched, somewhere to try kerosene. I was skeptical but I was getting lack luster results with soapy water so decided to try it. Went out and purchases some Kleen-Heat
It has been amazing, I am getting better finishes, with less passes. At first I thought this might be psychosomatic, but I started sharpening all of my knives on the DMT stones and kerosehttps://myip.kim/ https://birthdaywishes.onl/ https://elecpay.in/tneb/
ne and have been over the moon with my results.
I have no idea how different types of stones are effected by using kerosene vs other fluids but my solid DMT stones have had no issues.
Quick safety note: Kerosene is flammable, and will ignite around 450 degrees. I have made some tests on thus far feel safe using it. I have not been able to ignite it with a soldering iron at 750 degrees F which may because of the type of kerosene it is, but I have no doubt if you were to create a spark it would ignite. So if you decide to try this, be smart, use only what you need, in a well ventilated area with a fire extinguisher nearby.
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