Thread: newspaper stopping A++

Has anyone had experience with hot press artist paper which is actually 100% rag content [acid free]. No wood pulp at all. Sort of like stropping on denim only the surface is much finer.

You can also sprinkle .5 micron CrOx dust or paste or diamond spray or cerium oxide or yellow bar on a piece of 80lb. or 100 lb. hot press paper. It does a nice job and again, there is no wood pulp in this paper. It is made of fabric like cotton, linen and other natural fibers. A. C. Moore and most other art supply stores carry 100% rag paper.

It is often identified by the term "acid free" pH neutral. Hello - would that mean that newspaper has an acid content? Can this be good for you razor's edge? Like FOX NEWS, we report, you decide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give it a try............

I've been hearing a lot about this particular method of stropping, so I've decided to give it a try. I've got a Wacker thats shaving well, but I would just like to tweak the edge very slightly and take out the little bit of harshness thats still there.

I've picked up a Metro today that has an advert in it with a lot of ink on it, so I'll use that part.

How many passes do you guys do? I've read in a few threads of people doing 100+ passes on newspaper.

Originally Posted by Stubear

I've been hearing a lot about this particular method of stropping, so I've decided to give it a try. I've got a Wacker thats shaving well, but I would just like to tweak the edge very slightly and take out the little bit of harshness thats still there.

I've picked up a Metro today that has an advert in it with a lot of ink on it, so I'll use that part.

How many passes do you guys do? I've read in a few threads of people doing 100+ passes on newspaper.

i did 100 newspaper & 100 leather, let us know the results!

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Has anyone had experience with hot press artist paper which is actually 100% rag content [acid free]. No wood pulp at all. Sort of like stropping on denim only the surface is much finer.

You can also sprinkle .5 micron CrOx dust or paste or diamond spray or cerium oxide or yellow bar on a piece of 80lb. or 100 lb. hot press paper. It does a nice job and again, there is no wood pulp in this paper. It is made of fabric like cotton, linen and other natural fibers. A. C. Moore and most other art supply stores carry 100% rag paper.

It is often identified by the term "acid free" pH neutral. Hello - would that mean that newspaper has an acid content? Can this be good for you razor's edge? Like FOX NEWS, we report, you decide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give it a try............

As I understand it the reason for the effectiveness of the newsprint stropping is the very slight abrasivesness of the ink. Perhaps it includes the testure of the paper, but the assessment is the more ink on the newsprint, the better the strop effectiveness. Guesses are that the newspaper strop is rated at about a 100K grit equivalent.

I have used newsprint for some while now. I wrap it around the Shapton glass hone and tape it underneath. Works well.

It sure is fun to get "edge-u-kated" on SRP............

Thanks for this thread.

Originally Posted by mrsell63

I have used newsprint for some while now. I wrap it around the Shapton glass hone and tape it underneath. Works well.

It sure is fun to get "edge-u-kated" on SRP............

Thanks for this thread.

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Instead of the newspaper (charcoal? carbon in ink?) step I have substituted using 0.09 micron ferrous oxide from Kremer Pigments with very nice results.

Interestingly, rouge is mentioned above. From a dictionary definition for rouge...

A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.

Another alternative...

I tried newspaper today after touch up on 12k. Unlike many others, I didn't wrap or tape it onto a flat surface. My TI Silverwing has slight smile on its edge, so I made hanging strop by cutting approximately 4 inch wide stripe from newspaper. I taped my paperstrop on the edge of my kitchen table. I had few sheets of paper together so I was able pull it taut without tearing it.

I did 200 strokes on paperstrop and finished with 50 laps on latigo and other 50 on cowhide. The shave was very smooth and close. I would say that the newspaper really was useful between stone and leather.

On pasted strops, especially with diamond pastes, there's always danger of overhoning. They can also ruin the bevel shape when used regularly. But with paper you can't overhone, unless you do thousands of laps on it. Plus newspaper is practically free

Originally Posted by Oglethorpe

I need to try this with my Wacker, whose shaves I have never been really happy with. The blade is... abrasive, for lack of a better word, and it chews my face up. I hear all the time that Wackers have hard steel, and mine has been honed by Max, so I trust that it's sharp.

Newspaper may be what the doctor ordered.

IME chrom-ox on a flat bed hone with felt is very good to remove a harsh feel from an edge.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

IME chrom-ox on a flat bed hone with felt is very good to remove a harsh feel from an edge.

+1. After playing with a bunch of finishers, I know a few stones that I like to shave off of and a few I prefer to hit the CrOx after. I won't do too many laps though - maybe 5 - and I'm using the back of my Filly strop, not a paddle or balsa.