Loose SiC Grit

[Trout Hound]

A few questions about this:

Where do you guys get it? Will the stuff they sell for rock tumblers work for lapping?

I know I can put it on glass for lapping, but I don't really want to haze up the plate glass. Could I sprinkle some on a spent piece of wet/dry sandpaper and use it to keep lapping a stone?

What if I put a little on my Crystolon stone? Would it make it cut even faster? Any ill effects?

How does it taste on popcorn?

Sorry, this is how my mind works.

Thanks!!!

 

[HeavyHanded]

A few questions about this:

Where do you guys get it? Will the stuff they sell for rock tumblers work for lapping?

I know I can put it on glass for lapping, but I don't really want to haze up the plate glass. Could I sprinkle some on a spent piece of wet/dry sandpaper and use it to keep lapping a stone?

What if I put a little on my Crystolon stone? Would it make it cut even faster? Any ill effects?

How does it taste on popcorn?

Sorry, this is how my mind works.

Thanks!!!

Yes, lapidary grit works great for lapping harder stones. I would not use it on waterstones. It works great sprinkled on the coarse side of a combination stone and add a blob of dish soap and some water. If used on your Crystalon as a grinding aid there is little benefit. In some cases it could allow heavier grinding to be done with reduced burr formation but for the most part the stone will accomplish that anyway, especially if used with oil. It can be sprinkled on the wet/dry but works far better used on the plate glass or another stone, a steel plate can also be used.

Is OK on popcorn and helps keep husks from embedding into one's gum line...

 

[Trout Hound]

Yes, lapidary grit works great for lapping harder stones. I would not use it on waterstones. It works great sprinkled on the coarse side of a combination stone and add a blob of dish soap and some water. If used on your Crystalon as a grinding aid there is little benefit. In some cases it could allow heavier grinding to be done with reduced burr formation but for the most part the stone will accomplish that anyway, especially if used with oil. It can be sprinkled on the wet/dry but works far better used on the plate glass or another stone, a steel plate can also be used.

Is OK on popcorn and helps keep husks from embedding into one's gum line...

Thanks!