Thread: Cerium Oxide: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

how much cerium do you add to the water

I think that maybe there are not only variances in the CeOx out there, but also in the delivery systems....

Something that I have now accepted as a fact

Paste on balsa
Paste on leather
Paste on Felt

These all have different effects on the razor, listed from harshest to smoothest....

I built a 24" leather bench strop specifically for the CeOx I mixed it with Neatsfoot oil and applied it just like I did my CrOx, I got the really expensive stuff from Ocean Abrasives very very white in color...I don't really know if there is any difference between them all....
After using it on about 100 razors now I would still put it as a much finer paste than CrOx I am using 10 laps but it is a 24" strop so adjust to yours....

Glen. A big enough difference where it would be worth me building a leather bench strop to use instead of balsa?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I think that maybe there are not only variances in the CeOx out there, but also in the delivery systems....

Something that I have now accepted as a fact

Paste on balsa
Paste on leather
Paste on Felt

These all have different effects on the razor, listed from harshest to smoothest....

I built a 24" leather bench strop specifically for the CeOx I mixed it with Neatsfoot oil and applied it just like I did my CrOx, I got the really expensive stuff from Ocean Abrasives very very white in color...I don't really know if there is any difference between them all....
After using it on about 100 razors now I would still put it as a much finer paste than CrOx I am using 10 laps but it is a 24" strop so adjust to yours....

IMHO yes, either leather or felt... Lynn I do believe is using the felt or fabic on the SRD strops, maybe he will jump in here....

Originally Posted by gssixgun

IMHO yes, either leather or felt... Lynn I do believe is using the felt or fabic on the SRD strops, maybe he will jump in here....

I was wondering how it works on the SRD webbing. I'm pretty lazy and the 2" webbing replacement is pretty cheap.... Or the back of my current webbing i suppose.

they have the orange looking cerium then they have supper cerium which is white this is the finer grade it s the same as the french cerium, you can get it on ebay under lapidary materials, they sell it buy the oz. or lb.

I've got pinkish cerium and I've been pretty pleased with it. I guess I lucked out b/c I've been putting it on fabric bench strop. I use it after CrO-reduced the number of laps on CrO and then use the Cerium. 15 CrO then 15 Cerium.

I must also concur with the "little difference between crox and cerox." Although my initial findings are "no difference." I just can't tell the difference between a blade finished with crox and one with cerium. Could be my face, could be that I refuse to use cheap crox and only buy the best. Could be the medium. I don't know, these are just my initial findings; I have not done enough testing to actually get a statistically significant result.

But so far, no difference.

Very interesting results from you guys so far,
thanks for sharing!

- Scott

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I think that maybe there are not only variances in the CeOx out there, but also in the delivery systems....

Something that I have now accepted as a fact

Paste on balsa
Paste on leather
Paste on Felt

These all have different effects on the razor, listed from harshest to smoothest....

I built a 24" leather bench strop specifically for the CeOx I mixed it with Neatsfoot oil and applied it just like I did my CrOx, I got the really expensive stuff from Ocean Abrasives very very white in color...I don't really know if there is any difference between them all....
After using it on about 100 razors now I would still put it as a much finer paste than CrOx I am using 10 laps but it is a 24" strop so adjust to yours....

Do these findings carry over into the world of CrOx?