Ok so I've been straight razor shaving for over a year now. I just recently got a new strop: a Straight Razor Designs Premium I Leather strop with Hard pressed wool felt on the second flap. It is an extremely beautiful strop! I also got some green chromium oxide spray.
So here's what happened. I followed the instructions and sprayed the chromium oxide on the inside of the felt flap and waited overnight for it to dry. The next day i did my first stropping with it. I did about 10-15 full passes on the chromium oxide felt, 25 passes on the regular felt, and about 50 on the leather side.
Now for some reason my razor cant even cut paper. That was the most miserable shaving experience I've ever had. It failed all the sharpness tests. What could i have done wrong to make this happen?
One thing i did notice was that the draw on the strop was very light; didn't even come close to my 30 degree Russian leather strop's heavy draw.
What do i do to fix this and/or make the strop work?