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    If you are going to lap with sandpaper, then it needs to be wet/dry sandpaper. Regular sandpaper will release grit that can embed into the hone, causing more trouble.

    If you drive for a living, you may not want to make the effort, but you would be welcome to drive to my place in Rochester MN (250 miles down I-90) for a honing lesson. Some time with the hones and microscope should help sort you out fairly quickly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    If you are going to lap with sandpaper, then it needs to be wet/dry sandpaper. Regular sandpaper will release grit that can embed into the hone, causing more trouble.

    If you drive for a living, you may not want to make the effort, but you would be welcome to drive to my place in Rochester MN (250 miles down I-90) for a honing lesson. Some time with the hones and microscope should help sort you out fairly quickly.
    Yes, I was going to get some 400 wet/dry. Someone elsewhere on this forum suggested 3M or a good brand, but Menards only had large sheets of the rougher grits. Their 400 wet/dry was barely bigger than my stones. Hopefully, Ace H/W will have it. Thanks for offering a honing lesson. I do get to the Eastern side of MN quite often, but rarely have time to stop and get a bite to eat. I had to deliver a while back in Austin, and then over in Winona. But I'll keep you in mind.

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    If you're referring to the half sheet sand paper that measures about 9x3.5 inches, that's what I use to lap my hones. It's approximately the same dimensions as a lapping hone/DMT. When I do get the full size sheets I end up tearing them in half because they don't fit inside the old baking pan I use as a honing/lapping station.

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    The ones I was referring to didn't seem to be half sheet size - instead smaller. Anyway, I already got full size sheets. I had read a lapping thread on here that said put water on counter, then lay the sand paper down on that, then add water, draw lines on the top of the stone w/a pencil, and start lapping.

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    You do it on the counter if you are single.
    If you are married or living with a significant other, then you do it inside an old baking pan or cookie sheet.

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    That's the gist of it. I use the baking pan instead of a bare counter top to contain the mess.

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    Sounds like I should too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshal View Post
    That's the gist of it. I use the baking pan instead of a bare counter top to contain the mess.
    I lap with w&d paper, full sheets on a 1ft2 granite or marble tile I got from home depot. To contain any mess, I sit a lid from one of the 30~ish gallon storage Tupperware containers we have around the house. I sit the lid on the carpet, put down some of that non-slip cabinet liner pad stuff, then the tile, then the sand paper. Because they are designed to be stackable, the lid has a slight/flattened bowl shape to it.

    I hope this was helpful.
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    I know the smiling blade struggle well.....The short answer is "rolling x".... learning that stroke in and of itself is a feat, but not without reward. Have fun!

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