hey everyone,

so I may have bought the wrong thing here but I thought I'd check to see what you guys thought before I just threw it out.

I've got a balsa strop that I want to paste with chromium oxide. I bought some stuff from sharpshopusa.com with this purpose in mind, but didn't realize it'd be so hard. I don't want to mar the nicely surfaced balsa trying to rub this stuff in like I'm scribbling with a crayon, though. Is there a way that I can break it down to use it more like a paste? Maybe soaking a chunk of it in mineral oil or something? Or should I just forget about this stuff and get some powder or paste?

Any advice is met with much gratitude..