Quote Originally Posted by Fbones24 View Post
I currently have a two sided strop that I am not using. One side is pasted with green paste, however, since I purchased it on the classifieds, I am not sure if it is Dovo Green or Crox? I realize that these are two very different substances.

What is the safest way to go about completely removing the green paste to reapply Crox? I could avoid any issues and just paste a piece of balsa, but I do not want the second side on this strop to go to waste.
There is no way to completely remove any paste.

You can use a cheep VDH boar brush and saddle soap
alternating with an inexpensive shave soap like
Williams and scrub most of it off.

You can rub it with coarse paper like a brown paper grocery bag
or even newsprint. Rub it to the point that no more green
comes off then apply a small amount of the paste of choice. Do this
multiple times, once a month and it will begin to act a lot like the
paste of choice. The large grains will get pushed down into the
leather and with only their nose sticking up will act a lot
finer than they are.

Green stuff is going to be Chrome Oxide. There are multiple
grades... start with the finest you can find first...
Stealing from another SRP post.http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...html#post24574
"From the Dovo Paste
page on the Classic Shaving website...

"Green Sharpening Paste is the coarsest with a particle size
averaging 6 microns and should be used on a very dull edge."

So yes cleaning is a good thing.