Mike Gibson
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Has anyone have a home remedy for cleaning credit card or larger diamond hones. Mike
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Credit card cleaner
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Dish detergent, wash cloth, hot water, and elbow grease -- the essence of home remedies.
john lucas
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I use comet cleanser to clean my ceramic stones. My diamond hones look better but I don't think they cut any better after this cleaning.
Just send your dirty credit cards to me here in Texas and I will clean them for you.........OH wait a minute...you meant credit card diamond hones........Oh Darned, there went the OneWay!!!!!!
I use Dawn dish detergent, warm water, and a stiff tooth brush.
Clayton
I use Dawn dish detergent, warm water, and a stiff tooth brush.
Clayton
Use WD-40 ..... (...not duct tape this time!)
Mike:
I clean my diamond hones by soaking them in WD-40, and if necessary, using a regular red pencil eraser (the "trapezoidal red brick variety"; about 25 cents) or a small piece of the crepe rubber abrasive belt cleaners) to remove stubborn particles from the diamond surface. Every so often I give it a scrub with an old toothbrush, brass wire brush, or anything else that's handy.....just to keep the metal particles from accumulating on the surface.
I have heard that some people who use a diamond slip stone (I use the one sold by Alan Lacer) actually store their diamond stone in WD-40, and dry it off just prior to use. I can tell you that cleaning the stone periodically does make a lot of difference in cutting efficiency....
(Thinking about it, why wouldn't duct tape work?)
Let us know what works for you...
Rob Wallace
Mike:
I clean my diamond hones by soaking them in WD-40, and if necessary, using a regular red pencil eraser (the "trapezoidal red brick variety"; about 25 cents) or a small piece of the crepe rubber abrasive belt cleaners) to remove stubborn particles from the diamond surface. Every so often I give it a scrub with an old toothbrush, brass wire brush, or anything else that's handy.....just to keep the metal particles from accumulating on the surface.
I have heard that some people who use a diamond slip stone (I use the one sold by Alan Lacer) actually store their diamond stone in WD-40, and dry it off just prior to use. I can tell you that cleaning the stone periodically does make a lot of difference in cutting efficiency....
(Thinking about it, why wouldn't duct tape work?)
Let us know what works for you...
Rob Wallace