Soaking ceramic water stones (Stu's special set)

[Chris Griggs]

Sure, they aren't expensive. You ought to give it a try. The corners can be used on certain sweeps and shapes of carving tools too.

Yeah they're only like $25 bucks. I don't know why I've dragged my feet on buying one. Even if it did suck it would be far from the biggest waste of money I've put towards a woodworking product. It funny how I can be so loose with my woodworking money half the time, and such a friggin cheapskate other times (Woodworkers in general I think are a bit bipolar when it comes to spending). I just need to order one.

[Brian Ashton]

Maybe I've missed something cause my stones have been soaking for years. Some I've had since the mid 80s and have only been out of water to make the 3 month journey to Australia. The minimum any of them have been in water is about 6 years. So why is soaking bad for them.

[Chris Griggs]

Maybe I've missed something cause my stones have been soaking for years. Some I've had since the mid 80s and have only been out of water to make the 3 month journey to Australia. The minimum any of them have been in water is about 6 years. So why is soaking bad for them.

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Its not. Some stone shouldn't permanently soaked (shaptons, choseras) as it can harm the binders, but many can be left in water seemingly indefinitely without any issue.