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The inkstones we use are round and its sometimes really difficult to get the ink out of the corners, especially if the ink has dried up from previous usage.
Can you like soak the inkstone in case you can’t get rid of all the dried up ink? You can’t use that inkstone-cleaner for a round inkstone right?
With all the shared good advice and cautions by others in mind, I can only add that: yes, you can use Inkston’s inkstone cleaner on an inkstone of any shape and size to reach and clean every nook, cranny, edge and crevice. It’s a question of how [to do that] — and also by being mindful of the do’s and don’ts that have been mentioned by the seniors in this community (seniors in knowledge and experience, not age).
That said, first: you’d need to scrape enough fine, dry powder from the mud block. I use the dull edges of a letter opener to scrape the surface and corners of the mud block until I have enough powder to clean with. Second: use a good quality kneaded rubber eraser, which you can tear and shape into any form you wish. The kneaded rubber remains very pliable during the cleaning process — it can be re-shaped without much effort for it to reach every nook and cranny, if needed.
Anyway, I think pictures would speak the idea better (see attached). Again, everything above is said with all the advice and cautions already given by the seniors in this community. A very light touch is always better, albeit it’d take longer to clean/reopen the stone, than to be heavy-handed to save time (and cause damage).
Hope the attached pictures help explain better.
Happy New Year 2021!
~ PS
