Sharpening stone lubrication question

[Tom89]

Hi, if you use a traditional bench stone and use say oil instead of soaking it in water, do you need to continue using that same lubricant or can you use water one time oil the next etc ?

 

[British Red]

Once you have oil on it, you can't go back to water

 

[Kong]

Hi, if you use a traditional bench stone and use say oil instead of soaking it in water, do you need to continue using that same lubricant or can you use water one time oil the next etc ?

Spit on it it doesn't matter

 

[ammo]

From what I know you should stick to one or the other. If you put it in the oven the stone will sweat, or the oil becomes thin and seeps out. Just keep rinsing off. It takes a while. ( and stinks your kitchen out )
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than i, will be along shortly.

 

[dancan]

I use water or a mix of water and a Simple Green non toxic cleaner on all my oil stones .
I boiled my used oil stones in a pot of water to get the oil out , after a couple of water changes not scum appeared and they have worked fine for me YMMV

 

[ammo]

Now that makes sense.

I use water or a mix of water and a Simple Green non toxic cleaner on all my oil stones .
I boiled my used oil stones in a pot of water to get the oil out , after a couple of water changes not scum appeared and they have worked fine for me YMMV

 

[ozzy1977]

Just use oil on oil stones, doenst cause any problems unless you are messy.

 

[dancan]

I'm not messy but the wife complains about my mess all the time .
I found that water does evaporate and oil stays around a lot longer LOL

 

[oldtimer]

How do you tell the difference between an oil stone and a water stone? I ask because I picked up a stone unused but unpackaged at a carboot sale.

I started a thread some time ago about getting oil out of a stone and received some helpful replies. You might have a quick search.