Thread: Cerium Oxide for smoothness

Well I tried some crox on my phig. The edge felt about the same so no benefit there. Cleaned and lapped it and applied .1 cbn spray. Same thing. I got a better result from using crox on linen after the phig. Not scientific but in line with whats been said before. My best edge out of it all was phig, then linen crox then cbn on hard wool.

Originally Posted by bill3152

Well I tried some crox on my phig. The edge felt about the same so no benefit there. Cleaned and lapped it and applied .1 cbn spray. Same thing. I got a better result from using crox on linen after the phig. Not scientific but in line with whats been said before. My best edge out of it all was phig, then linen crox then cbn on hard wool.

Agreed. Like Glen said, a few years back some of us experimented with Crox, CBN and Diamond spray, primarily on Phig's or Chinese 12k's. Nothing really earth shattering. As mentioned these products excel on felt, leather, balsa and the like.

I don't think I've tried Cerium, but have tried all the others mentioned. Is it really worth it? Will the results be much more noticable than CBN .160, or Crox or even Diamond. Now, I know Diamond can be harsh at the .25 level, The Cbn .160 was surprisingly smooth to me, as is crox.

TBH, I haven't use any of these in some time.