Shapton Ceramic Stones and Hone-Rite Gold
I have recently purchased a new set of Shapton pro line ceramic stones and someone turned me on to a product called Hone-Rite gold. Diluted in spray bottle it is suppose to make water non corrosive to the point after you are done sharpening a plane blade or chisel you can wipe clean with paper towel and never have to worry about rust. My question is is this product compatible with my new shapton stones? I know the directions from shapton says just water no soap of any kind but this is a rust inhibitor? Is anyone here using this product and do you like it? Is it worth the 30.00 asking price? Thanks.
Or you could stick to A2 blades . . . pretty rust resistant and skip the fancy juice
I would come at this from another direction . . .
for the most part I use A2 blades on Shapton Pros (and Nortons and Kings before that) and I have no rust problems with just plane, hard, water.
If you are sharpening 01 steel blades then you will have rust problems , quite a lot actually, but then you don't need shaptons and you can simply use the Washitas or Arkansas stones with oil or one of the other elixirs such as Magic Mineral oil or kerosene or paint thiner or . . .
you see . . .
PS: I wouldn't want wax on my blades clogging up my water stones though. Would come into play when taking a pass on the flat back of the blade.
What do I know ? I live in the high desert.
PS:
John S.
Thanks for the chemistry lesson. I learned something.