Micro fine vs glass and diamond lapping film

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05/10/2015 at 6:31 pm #25563
John Derry
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I’m looking to add one more set of stones to my setup, to help with maintaining some knives and mirror polishing.

I am torn between the micro fine stones or diamond lapping films in the one and half micron.

Any suggestions or opinions?
05/12/2015 at 6:18 am #25580
Josh
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They both have advantages and disadvantages, but my personal preference is the lapping films on glass…
05/12/2015 at 10:08 am #25581
Mark76
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Just to add one more option: waterstones :ohmy: . My personal favourites.

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05/15/2015 at 6:07 am #25593
John Derry
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I was just looking for one more step!
I feel like water stones are a whole other ball game.
05/15/2015 at 1:50 pm #25594
Mark76
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I was kidding. I think both the ceramic stones and diamond lapping film are a good next step. As Josh wrote, it’s personal. I prefer the ceramic stones.

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05/15/2015 at 7:18 pm #25597
Steven N. Bolin
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but my personal preference is the lapping films on glass…

Yeah. I have to say I’m right there with ya, bud.

Any suggestions or opinions?

Maintenance is essentially nonexistent in terms of cleaning and lapping the surface(s).
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