Thread: Too much Crox?

Alright, Thanks guys.. I got a good deal off of it, but it left some parts bare...

Long story short, I reapplied very lightly, focusing on bare areas, and then, rather than trying to scrape it off, used the paper towel to spread it.. Now I have a nice light, even coat...

and I feel like a ritualistic mental patient

Shaved,

This would be more better answered by one of the matriculates from Hone IT, but even tho' I'm a drop out, lemme wade in here anyway. Your strop looks gorgeous; I've always been a great fan of hunter green. And while I don't have any green pasted hangers, my plate or bench strops are similarly pasted in the manner of your strop and for my use seem to work just fine. I know there are those who advocate applying CrOx very thinly so that it is barely visible, which may work for them just smashingly. I'm in Maestro Livi's camp and, like he, make it green that can be seen.

Okay.. One more question... This one is hypothetical... If the crox is mostly uniform across the whole strop, but slightly heavier in some spots and ligher in others, does it really matter, or is it only in extremes that coverage differences matter?

I'm overly obsessive about this stuff >.<

EDIT: Thanks so much, Bruce! It's rather reassuring to hear that someone with a thoroughly loaded strop still gets great results... That's what I was mostly worried about!


Thanks everyone!

Shaved,

Oh no! You wiped it all off and then put on just the littlest dab that'll do ya? Once again I find myself the sole soul swimming against the current. Well, it was nice to have company, even for the merest of moments.

Shaved,

If you used the CrOx crayon and have a place on your strop where you think the paste is too thick or a bit lumply clumped - take a rag with some lighter fluid and wipe the strop to even out the paste. Just let everything dry thoroughly before use and you'll be in fine shape.

My previous post was apparently an over reaction from my thinking that you had scrubbed off that handsome hunter green.

Actually Bruce, Now that you have reassured me that a healthy amount will, in fact, work fine, it is a lovely green again. I'm with ya!

Scrubbed off, no. Thinned out in fear, yes... It is now a little thicker, a healthy shade of green. Thanks for the advice

with that much stuff on there you may be in danger of cutting your head off

Originally Posted by kevint

with that much stuff on there you may be in danger of cutting your head off

It's not actually THAT much..

I apply just enough to where I can get a bit of green on my finger with a few swipes along the surface. Once I have that much, I stop, and like Lynn said, it's not much more than enough to see green on the strop.