any one know a UK supplier for this stuff?
Greg
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any one know a UK supplier for this stuff?
Greg
Hmmm I found this on ebay...
GREEN CHROME OXIDE - High grade material - 500g on eBay, also Other Lab Equipment, Lab Equipment, Medical Lab Equipment, Business, Office Industrial (end time 03-Jun-09 18:54:54 BST)
"GREEN CHROME OXIDE - High grade material - 500g"
£9 inc. postage!
I wonder if it's any good for razors. :shrug:
EDIT:> I'll soon find out, I ordered some.
Probably so.
I use it as well.
Melt some candle wax, add like 20 % liquid oil of choice and add the powder while stirring until there's no liquid wax left on top. You need little wax (1 Tablespoon) and a lot of powder to get a good portion.
I ordered some Chromium Oxide from Ebay that was meant for Glazing in Pottery but it works pretty good for me!
I bought that one int the first post some time ago and used for experimenting on my homemade strop. Just powder on oiled strop (sparingly spread) did not feel right. Than I made paste with the povder and washing liquid pasted it on the strop sparkled over the top finished it with 20-30 mins of intensive polishing with a bottle and voila. Polishes very nicely.
Washing liquid? Like for dish washing?
I'll have to try!
The wax blend is good to dremel, cause its melts with rising temperature.
Yep like for dishes. Let us know what youb thing. Be ready it dries quickly. Before I pasted it i put some oil on the paddle too.
I got mine from these guys.
I haven't tried the rouge yet but the green is great.
Dialux & Rouge Bars - Specialist Fine Metal Compounds and soaps for gold, brass, silver etc - For Sale Online From Moleroda
Very usefull site for those like me just setting their workshop up
Great chunks for that price!
Puma takes nearly as much for 25 grams!
I've just had a look at some old strops that came with razors
and found one with a not so bad leather.
Sanded it off and applied Chromium Oxide wax blend.
It works like crayons (wondering why people not actually buy pastel crayons!)
but the surface is not really smooth.
IT REALLY HELPS to have a hair dryer on hand and a scraper.
With a warm scraper it works like a charm.
http://www.olivia-seife.de/images/ChroSpann.jpg
I might be missing something but apparently you have to buy £20 of goods, if I just try to buy one bar it says the checkout is below my limit or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by gingahippy
Yes it is a complication, but if you setting up there are more things to be interested in and all these small bits add up. Otherwise if you are not lucky let me know. I will not be doing my order soon as i am sorting my job at present but then I could put it together with mine.
ChrisL sells powder in the classifieds and i think he said he can ship all over the world.
WOW, I think they sent me the wrong stuff. This isn't CrO, it's magic green fairy dust! I just shaved off it and the blade glided as if the hairs weren't there! This is unlike any straight shave I've had before. I got a bit carried away and gave myself 2 tiny weepers so I took that as a sign to stop after 2 passes - and the final result was great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rajagra
I used it on a block of balsa, painted on using mineral (baby) oil and spread evenly using paper kitchen towel.
I had honed and used diamond paste on the razor a few days ago. Today I did 12 passes on the CrO (6 straight, 6 X pattern.)
This was so much better than the diamond paste (alone). Much, much smoother, and I'm certain it's sharper too. :y
:rock: Cro2 is pretty good.:rock:
That explains it all. :tuQuote:
This isn't CrO, it's magic green fairy dust!
I have it on good authority from a friend of the late Walt Disney that you have to snort fairy dust in order to get the full effect. :gl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rajagra
Yes I have that stuff too. It is clear Chromoxide. I did write them and reason how they have it is that this is left from a big job they were doing repacking it for use in poterry enameling. Any contamination and it would give different colour after baking the enamel.
Just don't overdo it like Croaker did...Quote:
Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr
http://straightrazorpalace.com/attac...ontest-070.jpg
I guess there is a difference between apply on a leather and in a lather.:D