Thread: Effective use of CeO

So I am getting a new strop soon (within 6 months lol.) (no seriously, I'm about to order a Paladin, and probably a vintage one for ****s and giggles) and that frees up my nicked and ugly Illinois for pasting. I have a few questions:

What is the best method of pasting CeO (CrO is easy to look up, but I remember there being controversy over CeO).

Should I paste the: Smooth normal side, the rougher backside, or the linen? Which would work best?

I wanted to paste the rougher back side and one side of the linen, is there any benefit to this?

This is going from memory, i'm too lazy to search right now.

from best to worse:

1) Linen
2) Leather
3) Balsa


I did not like it on balsa. I am using it on leather now. i just rubbed the powder right into it.

I think on linen, GWH rubbed it down with soap and then applied powder.... I have not tried linen, so i will keep mum on it.

Originally Posted by khaos

So I am getting a new strop soon (within 6 months lol.) (no seriously, I'm about to order a Paladin, and probably a vintage one for ****s and giggles) and that frees up my nicked and ugly Illinois for pasting. I have a few questions:

What is the best method of pasting CeO (CrO is easy to look up, but I remember there being controversy over CeO).

Should I paste the: Smooth normal side, the rougher backside, or the linen? Which would work best?

I wanted to paste the rougher back side and one side of the linen, is there any benefit to this?

What does CeO stand for? It's not on the Acronyms and Abbreviations page. Google returns "Chief Executive Officer" and the SRP search doesn't return anything. Thanks. I'll stick the answer on the Acronyms/Abbreviations page.

Wait.. We are talking about cerium oxide, CeRo right?

Cerium's chemical sign is Ce, so CeO would be viable (although the actual chemical disposition might be something like Ce_O_, where _ is a number)

Reply indeed its cerium oxide. I use CeO because we say CrO. CrO should technically be either Cr2O3 or CR(III)O or chromium III oxide because chromium has two possible redox states. CrO2 or CR(IV)O or chromium IV oxide is completely different.

CeO or Ce(II)O is very uncommon. Ce2O3 or Ce(III)O is more common, and is yellow brown in colour, but CeO2 or Cr(IV)O is the one most used as an abrasive and is much closer to white than Ce2O3. Thus I would assume the closer to white it is the better a paste it is.