Hi folks,

I'm happy with how to paste a strop and I've read a fair few posts with different methods of removing paste from the canvas side of a strop, such as soap and water and scraping with a metal ruler. I also saw a post about applying CrOx on top of red paste, so I`m happy with the concepts. I just would like a few handy hints...!

The canvas side of my strop has the white chalk paste on it and its starting to look decidedly grey with swarf after six months of daily use! There are also a few areas where the paste seems to have dried onto the material and then flaked off a bit.

I'm not massively concerned about this, because the strop seems to be holding my edges pretty well, but I know a time will come when I have to remove/ re-apply some white paste.

What I want to know is how often do you guys re-apply paste to your strops? I've been using this one daily for six or seven months now. Also, do you remove the old paste before you put on the new stuff? If so, how do you get the old paste off? Is it the soap/water/ruler method mentioned above? Or do you just put the new stuff straight over the old?

Thanks!

Stuart