Just don't leave your stone in the water indefinitely!
My soakers are in water except when I am using them.
Water must be changed every 31.7 hours.
My soakers are in water except when I am using them.
Even bacteria have to eat something, lol. If you have water and rocks, the only stuff left to eat is the container or soap residue, etc. Pick any of your body parts. I'd bet there are more and weirder bacteria there than there are in my stones...maybe. :OBleach? I thought of this, but I'm not sure how sensitive the chemistry of the stones is and what might occur. Plus bleach has that short half-life.
At any rate, unless you're a sharpening pro and always at it then your water probably sits around giving rise to some sort of ecosystem, and I at least wouldn't want my stones immersed in that. Okay, you won't use those blades for medical surgery, but appetite-wise at least I wouldn't want to be messin' with nice knives and skanky stones. The stones will absorb water and most of whatever else, presumably. Bacteria bricks!
Even bacteria have to eat something, lol. If you have water and rocks, the only stuff left to eat is the container or soap residue, etc. Pick any of your body parts. I'd bet there are more and weirder bacteria there than there are in my stones...maybe. :O
I leave my soakers in water all the time.
I leave my soakers submerged full time and only change the water when I get really inspired.
Well....slap me on the @$$ and call me Charlie. Stupid interwebz lied to me!
From now on I'm going to pop them in the water when I get up on a sharpening day and not worry about it so much anymore. Glad I spoke up and got corrected. Thanks guys!
Just make sure your stones can be left in water. Not all can. Most naturals can't.
I'd love to have Jon change water at least once a day.... We wash our face at least twice a day, brush our teeth three times a day... why not stones?
And don't feed them after midnight.
bleach doesnt really have any negative effect on soaking stones... many resinoid stones and magnesia stones on the other hand, dont like bleach water as much.
Kitayama and Mizuyama?
Jon, one has to be really stupid to question your wisdom regarding knives. Here goes!!! Won't any bleach negatively affect carbon blades vis-a-vis' rustING?
Hax the Cook CLEAVERS RULE!!!
I'd love to have Jon change water at least once a day.... We wash our face at least twice a day, brush our teeth three times a day... why not stones?
Ha!! As long as he changes his underware daily,you're ok....
If you are the boss, you shouldn't put up with it.
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