Originally Posted by stray round
I use Dawn liquid soap as honing oil on my oil stones and then rinse the stone off after use with an occasional scrub with a toothbrush. Keeps it clean as you go.

I've gone to using soap as well on SiC stones. I don't know if they are oil or water stones, but it doesn't seem to matter and as you said, clean-up is easy.

If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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