Quick question on oil stones

[dm65]

Just been using an oil stone for the first time in many moons and as its new, any oil I put on soaks straight in - should these be charged in some way like water stones or do I need to use something thicker like engine oil ? (I do have some and will use it as the bottle I got with the stone is now half full or empty depending on how you swing)

Have managed to get a lovely edge on one of my plane blades though after watching a Paul Sellars youtube vid last night

 

[Graham Orm]

Just been using an oil stone for the first time in many moons and as its new, any oil I put on soaks straight in - should these be charged in some way like water stones or do I need to use something thicker like engine oil ? (I do have some and will use it as the bottle I got with the stone is now half full or empty depending on how you swing)

Have managed to get a lovely edge on one of my plane blades though after watching a Paul Sellars youtube vid last night

3 in 1 is my usual for an oil stone. There should be a pool of oil on the surface to help the metal debris wash away. If it gets impregnated with metal I use WD40 and a piece of kitchen roll in a squirt-dab-squirt-dab process. The WD lifts the metal out of the stone and the tissue soaks it up before it has time to sink back in.

I would keep loading it with oil until you get a pool on the surface.

 

[Jacob]

Just squirt it on until it pools as grayorm says.
I keep em clean with a magnet. Also occasionally freshen the surface with a 3m diapad or something similar

 

[dm65]

Just been using an oil stone for the first time in many moons and as its new, any oil I put on soaks straight in - should these be charged in some way like water stones or do I need to use something thicker like engine oil ? (I do have some and will use it as the bottle I got with the stone is now half full or empty depending on how you swing)

Have managed to get a lovely edge on one of my plane blades though after watching a Paul Sellars youtube vid last night

3 in 1 is my usual for an oil stone. There should be a pool of oil on the surface to help the metal debris wash away. If it gets impregnated with metal I use WD40 and a piece of kitchen roll in a squirt-dab-squirt-dab process. The WD lifts the metal out of the stone and the tissue soaks it up before it has time to sink back in.

I would keep loading it with oil until you get a pool on the surface.

Thanks Grayorm

It didn't seem right the way the oil soaked straight up but I wondered if some sort of capillary action brought it back up

And I had to keep adding oil as I soon got to hear the difference between dry and wet