Thread: Chromium Oxide?

I have never used Chrox before and I'm not sure where the best place is to get it cheap. I found some by the lb on the bay but it's for lapidary work and I Know that's not the right stuff. I heard you can get it cheap in the right micron for paint. Any help would be great.

Off the top of my head...

Straightrazordesigns, thesuperiorshave,classicshaving and probably a few small vendors I am forgetting.

I believe the purity is the big difference. In the cheaper lapidary stuff the micron sizes can vary a lot more. IAAITTYMMV*

*I Am An Idiot Though, Your Mileage May Vary

Originally Posted by xMackx

I have never used Chrox before and I'm not sure where the best place is to get it cheap. I found some by the lb on the bay but it's for lapidary work and I Know that's not the right stuff. I heard you can get it cheap in the right micron for paint. Any help would be great.

Originally Posted by xMackx

I have never used Chrox before and I'm not sure where the best place is to get it cheap. I found some by the lb on the bay but it's for lapidary work and I Know that's not the right stuff. I heard you can get it cheap in the right micron for paint. Any help would be great.

lapidary work is I believe polishing gems and lenses and such, so you can try it.
Other wise SRD is your source.

The lapidary variety usually comes in bars and contains other polishing components you might not want to use on your razors. However, rock shops often sell the pure stuff as a powder.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

The lapidary variety usually comes in bars and contains other polishing components you might not want to use on your razors. However, rock shops often sell the pure stuff as a powder.

No the stuff I was looking at was just powdered chromium oxide by the pound. Said it was for lapidary work and polishing, I know that the bars often contain other abrasives like aluminum oxide or boron.

KremerPigments.com sellrs 0.3 micron chromium oxide powder. It is very pure in particle size and average particle size. (I talked to the technical staff, and received the tech sheet.)

The good powdered CrOx used to be sold through Hand American - the stuff that ChrisL used to sell in the Classifieds. I'm not sure if they still sell it, but if they do I can vouch for it's quality

Originally Posted by Ryan82

The good powdered CrOx used to be sold through Hand American - the stuff that ChrisL used to sell in the Classifieds. I'm not sure if they still sell it, but if they do I can vouch for it's quality

they stopped selling any products direct long a go.
I think now they only supply stropping bases and pads to some online stores, now I think many places sell the same quality powder as Hand American did. The Hand American suspension CrO was their own product and was working great, and would never fall out of suspension.

just got a bottle of it from Star Shaving Supplies.
seem to work very well,and says its .05 microns
and its the hand American

I recently purchased some Chromium Oxide from Straight Razor Designs. The stuff is like a thick crayon, and although you don't get much it will still probably last a long time. I made myself a simple paddle strop with a balsa face. I lapped it flat and drew on the CrOx. I was moderately liberal with my application. A paper towel ,rubbed aggressively, removed the excess, leaving an even coating. This performed miracles since I was previously coming off a Norton 8k. I thought about trying to find CrOx somewhere else, but I knew that the stuff I bought was guaranteed to do the job right. Less than $20 shipped isn't to much of a sacrifice.