Cleaning a diamond grinding wheel

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Can someone explain how to clean a diamond wheel?

Brian

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

[Pete RimmerParticipant @peterimmer30576]

Do you mean a CBN wheel, typically a reddy brown colour? If so just use it to grind a sharpening stone like an oil stone. If you mean the type that fits an angle grinder just use it to grind a soft brick or soft concrete block.

[Oily RagParticipant @oilyrag]

Use a pencil rubber (or eraser for our cousins 'over the pond' )

Editted to get rid of the grinning bufoon smiley!

Edited By Oily Rag on 08/04/2021 18:22:32

[HOWARDTParticipant @howardt]

There seems to be a few ways to clean both diamond impregnated wheels and CBN, washing, using a cleaning block. Cleaning block seems to be aluminium oxide. Have both types of wheel but not cleaned either yet!!

[peak4Participant @peak4]

I use one of these cleaning stones from Axminster, though I'm sure other sources are available.
https://www.axminstertools.com/cleaning-stone-for-cbn-wheels-diamond-stone-400g-104143

Bill

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Many thanks for the replies and yes it is a ready brown colour so shall try a small oil stone.

Brian

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