I like to keep my linen or fabric strop component clean. If I'm going to paste a strop, be it leather, linen, canvas, or nylon, I want it to be an auxiliary strop. Daily use of paste or chrom ox might be 'too much of a good thing'.

I have the SRD felt hanger with the diamond spray and highly recommend that. I've got a HandAmerican flatbed with the magnetic base. This is cool because you can put their leathers on there or their felts with chrome ox on one or diamond paste or spray on another.

On my SRD premium 1 (luxurious strop) I've got the webbed fabric and I've left it unpasted. Works very well. I have seen Lynn post that it is very good with pastes but I would leave it clean, as I said above, if it was my only strop.