Thread: Has anyone used diamond powder for light honing & stropping - Diamond Powder 0-1/2 μm

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

100 ct should last five people fifty years...

There is no reason not to but the premixed spray
is easy to apply and easy to get the right amount.

Like any fine powder do not inhale.

You can mix small amounts with water, oil or any
carrier that matches your use. If we were neighbors
I would split a purchase with you. 0.5 micron
diamond is a nice grit size... for pasting strops.

lol i will try not to inhale it, i was actually thinking that would not be good stuff to get in your lungs as its not like its going to break down too well!

I ended up purchasing it and will put an update on here once i get it.

Brighty83,

For convenience I use the SRD 0.5 & 0.25 micron diamond sprays using my Spyderco UF stone as a substrate.

I often wondered about using diamond powder on leather stops

Let us know how you get on

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

I believe that Lynn posted something to the effect that after honing, he does roughly 5 laps on a hanging felt strop with .5 diamond spray and then strops on plain leather. Then sends the newly honed razor to its owner. Correct me if this is not so.

Jerry
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I believe that is correct and i too use the diamond spray but like you said that's spray, not powder.

The powered is $7.50USD per 15ct ($50 for 100ct). The spray is a little under $23USD. So this is more about the method of using the powered and if its worth mixing it yourself etc for the price.

I have 100ct's on order and will put an update on here once i get it so people can have the choice to get the pre-made spray or the powder. (if its any good)

Expect to face some difficulties trying to disperese the powder evenly.
Part of the magic is making sure the 0.5 µm particles do not coagulate in your mixture and form 5.000 µm grits

The perfect way would probably be an ultrasonic mixer.
But I found it possible to create my own sprays made of Iron Oxide and Chromium Oxide powder.
I mixed the powder in ethanol and diluted it with water slightly.
Give it a good (very good) shake before using it

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this would probably work. I don´t know for sure, though. I would try it without ultrasonic and see what happens.
One of the problems I heard of was, the powder itself sticks together and forms (sort of) polycristalline diamond particles larger than themselves,
because of the high cohesion

Originally Posted by Lesslemming

Expect to face some difficulties trying to disperese the powder evenly.
Part of the magic is making sure the 0.5 µm particles do not coagulate in your mixture and form 5.000 µm grits

The perfect way would probably be an ultrasonic mixer.
But I found it possible to create my own sprays made of Iron Oxide and Chromium Oxide powder.
I mixed the powder in ethanol and diluted it with water slightly.
Give it a good (very good) shake before using it

Years ago we use a small amount of "Calgon" to disperse soil and silt samples
for size testing (powdered sodium hexametaphosphate). Floculation is not desired,
distilled water is likely a requirement.

Brighty,

Get yourself a sample of CrOx first.

Your experience will be your own, but I prefer the face feel of razors stropped on CrOx than those stropped on diamond.

No point spending a fortune only to realise at a later date that you made the wrong choice for yourself.