John Holladay wrote:
> I know that we had some discussion not too long ago about cleaning oil
> stones.  I've looked at the archives and it seemed to me that the prevaling
> wisdom was to put the stones in the dishwasher (when SWMBO is not home
> prefereably) and give them a good bath.  That sounds like an appealing
> option to me, but thought I would check to see if anyone had come up with
> any better ideas in the mean time.  In particular, I have a few of India
> stones that need a bit of cleaning up, but they don't appear to be really
> bad.  I
>
> n addition, we had some discussion about flattening these stones and it
> seemed to me that the most efficient method was to use the good ole'
> driveway or I think someone mentioned concrete pavers.  It sounded like the
> sandpaper idea was not as effective if memory serves.  Is there anything
> new to add that I am missing.

If you're going to flatten 'em, I see no need to clean 'em.

Flattening will remove the dirty surface.

  BugBear
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