Thread: dovo red paste

Does any one no what the coarsness is of red dovo paste is comparable to say 1.0 diamond past or coarser.

Are you talking of the liquid or crayon type paste?

Mark

The Dovo paste breakdown that I found, God knows when was
Green = 5-8 microns
Red = 3-5 microns
Black = 1-3 microns

But keep in mind that these are a more gentle abrasive then Diamond paste, more like a Cr paste....
Just like a .50 Diamond will cut faster than a .50 Cr strop

So would you say red dovo is more gentle than .5 diamond and about the same as chr.5

Originally Posted by gary haywood

So would you say red dovo is more gentle than .5 diamond and about the same as chr.5

NO !!!!! not even close way more coarse, but more gentle than the same micron Diamond paste....

Dovo Red is about equal to a 8K grit hone--fairly aggressive.

While we are on the Dovo paste subject....is the Dovo green paste Cro2?

Originally Posted by DavidM

While we are on the Dovo paste subject....is the Dovo green paste Cro2?

No the colors on Dovo pastes are just a way of designation of their own coarseness....
the Green Cr paste that we all refer to on here is .50 micron way finer then any of the Dovo pastes...

as any one used the red after finishing hones ie yellow coti and had good results. I heard some one on here mention that some honed on yellow coticule with slurry and then stropped on red dovo paste and they get a very good shave ready razor?

I have just honed a razor with bbw slurry milky. stropped it up and it shave perfect did'nt need to go to yellow with water the only differance was the bevel was'nt realy shiny as it would of been if i'd finished on yellow any one out there just shave of belgium blue? I no it is said that the blue 4k to 6k yellow is 8k to maybe 12k . the only differance i find is blue is a little slower but very rewarding hone.