Thread: Felt Or Balsa For CrOx?

Originally Posted by gabrielcr78

Yet to be responded.... whats CBN? 😀😀

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This stuff. I know Glen has mentioned using it years ago. I never had the pleasure

CBN

Personally out of the substrates I have used in the past I don't much like either Balsa or felt. I used a couple a sheets of newspaper a few times wrapped around a hone and pasted that and it wasnt bad at all. My favorite is a nice smooth leather or fabric bench strop pasted and I think Mastro Livi got it right when it comes to pastes using a loom strop. Works great for me.

CBN is Cubic Boron Nitrite is second to diamond in hardness, but has a different shape compared with Diamond.

It comes in grits as small as .010um about 160,000 grit.

For CBN I use a paper strop and mist the strop with distilled water for best performance. You can strop on CBN daily, for a very keen, very smooth shaving edge.

One of the problems with CBN is, not all razors can take and hold an edge that fine, but a .50um CBN edge is very doable and comfortable.

I like balsa as a medium for CroOx and FeOx. A dab will do ya!

Yes, you don't need a lot of any paste, nor a lot of pressure, remember, you are polishing a finish.

Substrates will change performance of paste, I used to paste 5-gallon paint stir sticks to test pastes.

So, experiment a little, cardboard, wood, (not just balsa) cloth, leather, paper and weaved strapping, all give different finish, some very little some, a lot.

Experiment, you will be impressed and your results may be, different from mine, depending on technique and pressure, hanging or paddled. A lot of variables involved.

It kills me when guys say, “I tried X and it did not work for me”. Experiment, substrates are not expensive, a trip to the fabric store will get you a bag full of interesting substrates for much less than, a twenty-dollar bill.

Plus, there are tons of old Paste threads here and on other Fora. Lot of good information is available.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

This stuff. I know Glen has mentioned using it years ago. I never had the pleasure

CBN

Jimmy!!!! that stuff is wicked! you see? now you put the idea on my head that i have to try CBN!... there goes my X-mass money