Wow, the more I read about taking care of waterstones the more complicated it gets. I just received my stones from Stu last week “Sigma Power ceramic 1000-6000-13000 special set”; and I already had a King set of water stones (800-1200-6000 grit) that I purchased around 1985, but didn’t use much. Would the King stones be natural stones purchased back then, or how can I tell?
This question has been asked so much on this site and the web I hate to ask again, anyway here goes… I’m still not sure about soaking all the different grades of stones? Right now I have all 6 stones in a 5 gallon bucket full of water. Some people say they keep all stones soaking continuously, some say not to keep the finer stones soaking, and some say it doesn’t matter??? Personally, I like to keep the stones in water so that when I need to use them their soaked and ready to go when I need them. I think the most important questions are: can I hurt any of the stones by keeping them in water all the time, and will it hurt their performance by keeping them soaked?? Thanks!