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I thought I was ordering strop past but what I got is green polishing compound. It is pretty hard and brittle. Anyone know what the intended use of this is? Do I break a piece of and work it in with water or did I just flat out order the wrong thing?
If you got the little round crayon, then leave it as it is and rub the crayon on your poly webbing or linen or canvas strop just until you start to see the color green. Do not cake it on and you're good to go. I would start off by using only 4-7 very light pressure strokes for refreshing or to finish up honing after the stones followed by 50-60 strokes on your strop.
Have fun.
Its kind of a rectangle like a slightly smaller snickers bar. Its quite chalky and hard, brittle. Is this the same stuff?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynn
Sounds like you might have gotten a small polishing bar. Rouge? I have not had that good of luck using the polishing compounds in place of the .5 chromium oxide products that are out there.
Its green. Still not the right stuff?
I think the polishing compounds are less than the .5 which is why I think I have not had the same luck with them. You can try them and see how they work for you.
color means relatively nothing. :D
Here it is
check out here.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...-compound.html
Most of those Polishing compounds have larger impurities on them usually FeOx there is another thread of here somplace that the guys tracked down the MSDS for them...
That my friend is a "buffing compound" intended to be used on a buffing wheel. Is there any other information on the packaging or have you checked the manufacturer's site to see what grit it is. Without more information, there is no way to tell if it is advisable to use on a strop. But the short answer is that you did not order what you intended. As Lynn pointed out to you, the usual strop compound comes in "crayon" form.
Randy
Where would I find such a thing? I have found blocks like this and syringes but not crayons.