share. You need a whetstone, a knife, stone base or towel, paper, water and cloth to clean the blade. It means the stone is ready to use. The stone is polished either with dabs of diamond compound or lines of a cerium oxide slurry placed on the felt pad. We recommend buying a double-sided whetstone that’s 6,000 grit on one side and 1,000 grit on the other. Without getting too technical, the smaller the number, the coarser the stone. " Suehiro Coarse Lapping stone Whetstone Flatten tool 2B006 Grit #280 Blue " and the" Suehiro Diamond plate Combo dressing stone Lapping stone grit 150 / 500 "If they are additional products i am not aware of that might be better i wouldn't mind knowing about that as well. The metal lapping plate selected depends upon the desired material removal rate, the surface finish desired, the hardness of the Step 3: Rub the waterstone over the lapping plate or flattening stone. You may need to clean the stone, as the current appearance of many old stones may often, in fact, completely mask their true appearance. Though "whetstone" is often mistaken as a reference to the water sometimes used to lubricate such stones, the term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays usually used to describe the process of using a sharpening stone is to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used. 5 to 10 minutes is enough to soak it properly. If you don’t have a whetstone just laying around for some reason, you’ll need to buy one! Terminology. The stone is washed free of all grit and dust and a felt polishing pad is placed on the master lap. Choosing Your Whetstone. Lapping and polishing processes are performed on a hard, metal plate used in conjunction with abrasive suspensions such as diamond, silicon carbide (SiC), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), or boron carbide (B4C). 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