all my strop questions answered in one photo series
I just asked strop/paste questions in the newbie forum, and here it all is in a great series of photos and descriptions. I need to spend more time reading the stickies in these forums...:o
Yes...lotions do work, BUT ....
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Originally Posted by
Akady
Question. Can i use something besides leather conditioner or strop dressing? Would lotion work?
****> Yes I have tried various lotions on leather strops, and MOST will work okay. YOu need to be careful with the ingredients of the lotion, but I have recently found that
AVEENO Moisturizing Lotion has almost the exact same consistency, and results, as formal "Strop Dressing". I also have another one with little 'beads" in it, but have not tried that yet.
The benefit of the AVEENO, aside from the great "draw" it produced on the strop, was that it also moisturized the leather, and after drying for a while remained very supple! :)
Experimentation is what makes this skill such fun! We can always try new things, and find ways that work for us individually - from shaving to honeing to stropping!
Go nuts! :)