I am curious if anyone has tried acrylic paint as a paste for stropping their straight razors. I live in Dubai and there are aboslutely no options here for shaving supplies much less razor sharpening supplies. I have searched the internet for Chromium Dioxide but many businesses dont have webpages here and no one is of any help in finding these types of things.

I read somewhere at the shaveden that people have used green acrylic paint to strop with but it sounds like they are using a powders form and adding that to an acrylic base. I cant even find the powder form here but I can find the liquid form.

Other options I am thinking about is going to one of the diamond dealers here and seeing if they have any diamond powder or even jewellers paste used to polish gem stones. Maybe that will work but I am not holding my breath. Metal polish like what you use for car wheels as well.

I can also order from the US but that is a hassle as well as I have to pay shipping and pay customs duties but more so having to wait in customs as nothing is efficient here.

Any ideas?