Thread: Cr-ox on newsprint

I have benn using cromium oxide on a large pad of newsprint scetch paper from Strathmore insted of a strop and for me this has worked out great, I just use the Crox like a crayon on the pad then place it on a table with the paste side on the edge and so far great results. its lft and the sheets underneth gives abit of cusion, after the paste I stop abit on the un-pasted paper it being like news paper without ink, before I goto my excellent KenRup El Toro. anyone else use this?

yes. It's a very consistent, light drawing substrate that makes for very consistently sharp edges. And when it comes time to repaste you just throw the old sheet away and lay down a new one. Very convenient.

Sounds like a great plan, what weight is the paper? I have a lot of sketch pads and want to give it a try

The paper is 30lbs, my edges are very keen and smooth after using this I didn't come up with this obviously, its some where on the SRP posts IMO its alot better than a strop for stability and if you dont have a balsa strop.

Originally Posted by medic484

The paper is 30lbs, my edges are very keen and smooth after using this I didn't come up with this obviously, its some where on the SRP posts IMO its alot better than a strop for stability and if you dont have a balsa strop.

Thanks for that I will defo give it a try

to be exact on the paper I am using it's rough 34 lbs recycled 100% dont know if any of that makes too much difference but there it is

Hmmm, seems to be a few things overlapping here. You are stropping on ChromeOx, on newsprint paper, in a paper pad. Is that right? I will try this so I want to get it right.

I've used PostIt paper on glass, so maybe I should try stropping right on the PostIt pad with either a little ChromOx or Diamond Spray applied to the surface.

This what I did/do after putting paste on a strop and getting poor results from my lack of control, I read allot of SRP post and found the stroping on newspaper thread, so I took my cr-ox stick purchased from SRD and since I had huge drawing pad of newsprint weight paper 34 lbs(not a newspaper) and I used the cr-ox like a crayon along the length on one side, much like my son does on the walls.. the reason I have the huge sketch pad but I have better control so I end up with a foot and half of paste with blank paper on each end as I leave a bit without, not crazy thick just kinda like the wiki article on pasting a strop. the pad it self is called newsprint various lbs to be had out there,but too thin might not give the support and rip or not cushion it, mine is also a rough type not smooth but try what ever you find. what I like is to lay it on the table with plenty of blank sheets underneath I hang up the sheet Im using on the wall when not in use and lay it on the pad dont really want my 2 year old licking and handeling it, and just give my razor about 10-15 passes as a sweet finnish after a 12k nani . Sorry if I was confusing