Ummmmmmm Guys
  The diamond plates are basically glorified sandpaper.
They last longer than sandpaper of course, but from the very first use 
(when they do work fantastically well)
  they work less well with every single use until they are just dull 
pebbles glued to a plate.

  I simply can't imagine how quickly they dull cutting carborundum or 
even india? You can buy new stones and throw them away when they dish 
for less than $200.

  You do need to find trowled cement as opposed to rough to reflatten 
your stones. But that is all.  Fairly smooth cement.

  Stay away from the microscope examining your stone surface!!
   You freak. Good enough is good enough. Go find something better to do 
with your time, weenie.
   How about you quit squinting at nothing and show me a barrel of 
shavings maybe?

Oh PS, I clean my stone every time, before I use it.
  Mineral oil or baby oil. Then wipe dry!
   I don't sharpen anything in a gush of slop.
  Clean and dry gets it done!

If the work goes on long enough, the stone will load up and I will clean 
again in the middle,
   but I wipe dry with a rag after.

  I have seen people sharpening in an actual lake of slop, whether water 
or oil.
  I can't imagine.  Yuck

  You don't have to work that way. I am walking proof, 40 years, you 
don't have to.
   yours Scott

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