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Just curious: How do you guy handle the dirty water and the sludge that builds up at the bottom of the tray?

I've always been worried about just dumping it all down the drain and have gone to great lengths to practically filter water before it goes down the drain and put the sludge in the trash.

Is there an easier way?

My when I bought my T7 a few years ago I soon gave up on using the leather wheel  because it wasn't removing the burr or polishing at all vs a strop I made from a piece of leather glued to a piece of wood.

From reading some posts it looks like I've been over-oiling my wheel by a lot.  I didn't realize that was a first-time-only thing.  I also use 3-in-1 oil.

I tried wiping off the old residue with rags, paper towels, buffing a piece of wood against it, but I haven't been able to get all the residue off.

Can I do something more drastic like drag a card-scrapper or a block of wood with sand-paper attached to really clean off the mess are start over?

Is a new wheel going to be the only fix?

Also, the hand-strop I made uses the same oil and same honing-compound, yet works.  Why is that?  Is the speed of the honing wheel magnifying my error?