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05-01-2008, 03:32 PM #1Junior Member
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Strop cleaning advice?
I noticed a dark grey kind of gunk collecting on the edge of my strop. Since it is on the razor side of things it is obviously metal and dust collected there. My question is, what is the best way to dissolve this without harming the leather. I have some Dovo yellow paste, but I don't think it will loosen it up any, and I don't want to scrape it off either. Any ideas?
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05-01-2008, 03:35 PM #2Senior Member
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Lets see if Tony Miller chimes in here. I don't have the gunk collecting, but I've wondered about cleaning strops too.
Jordan
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05-01-2008, 03:47 PM #3Senior Member
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please follow whatever tony says but i bought an ebay strop pretty nice horsehide and it was dry and rough feeling i bought some leather conditioner and cleaner used a soft terrycloth handtowel and rubbed some in every couple of days untill it felt smoother it cleaned it up also
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05-01-2008, 04:33 PM #4what Dad calls me
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I use any good leather cleaner/conditioner, such as saddle soap without any water just apply and clean it up with clean soft rag(old t shirt).
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05-03-2008, 12:37 AM #5Junior Member
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Sounds good, I'll give it a try.
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05-05-2008, 04:29 AM #6Senior Member
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If already suggested methods do give expected results, it would be good to see a pic of your strop.
Scott
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