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What does oil do to the grit of a Arkansas stone. I've heard that oil makes it a finer grit but have no oil to test it.
It would probably take an open flame or oven temps up around 500° F to touch it off.Isn't petroleum flammable and would catch on fire if melted?
Sorry I went looking for it and didn't fiind it.There is specific instructions in the thread I left a link to for melting the petroleum jelly
I found that here at this Link>>>vaseline loaded into the stone helps, one can also rub some canning wax (paraffin) and hit for a second with hair dryer or hot air gun - both materials will mix readily with mineral oil and keep the oil on the surface better. Using a scrubbing short pass helps as well.
Sounds like your Norton is too porous for the oil to hold. To keep that from happening, you can melt some petroleum jelly and let it soak into the stone. That creates a barrier of sorts for the thinner oil so it doesn't just go right through.
Hi,Isn't petroleum flammable and would catch on fire if melted?
The petroleum jelly method works VERY well. I have used it on a few carborundum hones with great success. Before I performed the "petrolization" the hones soaked up the oil ridiculously quickly. Afterward, even a few drops will pool on the surface. Highly recommend this for any oil hone that sucks up oil too fast. I did mine in the oven at 175 degrees, no problems. As the hones cooled I kept adding more petroleum jelly until they stopped absorbing it.
I suppose it would work fine for sharpening.Light engine oil?
When a small amount of motor oil is swallowed and goes down the food pipe into the stomach, the only symptom that is expected is a laxative effect (loose stools or diarrhea).
Well usually the crystalon stone doesn't clog to much but when it comes to my Arkansas stones even after I while them down the still get a little glaze so I'm now to worried about the crystalon just wondered why it did what it did. Also what would be a good replacement for an old ceramic rod that's wore out? I mean something that will put a final hair shaving edge on my knife before the strop. I've been looking at a surgical black Arkansas or translucent Arkansas.