There are mixed suggestions for using water or lapping fluid with diamond stones. Some sources suggest to use the dry diamond stone others suggest using water or lapping fluid.
I am strongly considering using Jojoba Oil when sharpening on diamond stones.
What are others doing when using diamond stones?
Are there any reason why I should not use Jojoba Oil?
Thanks in advance for your response.
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I use water because I move from the diamond stones to Shaptons for final finish. I just don't want to contaminate the Shaptons.
If just using the diamonds I think I'd stick with water for the easy cleanup.
Same here. I use water also. I add a couple drops of dish soap to the bottle for lubrication. Not much at all. I can go straight to my waterstones and plain water.
When I used to use diamond stones I used window cleaner (windex?!) - I know Paul Sellers advocates that and it always worked really well.
I use them dry. Part of the appeal is lack of mess. Any kind of oil is just going to be messy. It will work, but why create more work for yourself?
And if you don't clean the oily stones, they will become dust magnets.
I’m with mj. I use water only on the diamond stones and also when I switch to a Shapton 10,000 for the final polish. I read somewhere about using Krud Kutter with the diamond stones. I got some, but only use it to clean the stones when they get particularly grubby.
Water for the same reason as @John_C2. They don't rust if you clean them off after.
TBH mine have gathered nothing but dust since getting a Tormek.
I've used industrial machining coolant (honing fluid), Windex, and water with a little dish soap. All of these solutions work better than a dry stone as the swarf is suspended in the liquid rather than ground into the abrasive surface. I settled in on the water/soap solution. Just a couple drops of Dawn dish soap in a pint squirt bottle full of water. Cheap, effective, and compatible with both my Diamond Stone and Shaptons.