Thread: Hard Wool Felt

I have the hard wool felt strop, and I use .50 diamond spray on it. It's awesome. You do about 10 lapps on a shave ready blade, and it really takes it to the next level.

Let me ask, has anyone tried spraying something on the back side? For instance, .50 diamond on the front, and Crox spray on the back..Would it work or would seepage be a problem?

Has anyone done this? How did it work out?

Thats the way i do it,got both sides going,no problem.I just couldnot see that other side going idle.

Originally Posted by zib

I have the hard wool felt strop, and I use .50 diamond spray on it. It's awesome. You do about 10 lapps on a shave ready blade, and it really takes it to the next level.

I love mine with this same setup. I haven't tried CrOX on the felt, but I bet it works really nicely... the felt seems like a great bed for any abrasive.

If you spray so much onto a felt strop that you end up with "seepage," then you will have a bigger problem. That is, you will have raised bumps due to uneven wetting of the felt. Regardless, the seepage would only consist of the liquid carrier. I highly doubt that the suspended abrasive would be able to migrate through the strop.
I think you should be able to do this without any trouble at all.

Oh, and if you do have any seepage, you should see your doctor immediately!

Originally Posted by zib

I have the hard wool felt strop, and I use .50 diamond spray on it. It's awesome. You do about 10 lapps on a shave ready blade, and it really takes it to the next level.

Let me ask, has anyone tried spraying something on the back side? For instance, .50 diamond on the front, and Crox spray on the back..Would it work or would seepage be a problem?

Has anyone done this? How did it work out?

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I have had a felt strop in the closet for about two years and never used it. This week I decided to try it with .5 diamond spray and WOW, why did I wait so long to discover the magic in that strop.

I also do .5 CrOx on balsa glued to a ceramic tile base. I did paste an old DD # 70 with CrOx but I think the balsa is best for me.

Bottom line is: Diamond spray on felt really does the trick.....

Someone recently posted that when you overpaste a cloth or balsa strop, you get a cushioning effect that rolls the edge [fin] and kills the shave readiness. The edge [fin] must be in contact with a solid surface to prevent bending the edge [fin] .

I hope someone can put this thought in a more understandable perspective.

You must maintain edge geometry and too much soft paste on the strop will bend/roll the edge.

I agree the 0.5 diamond spray on the hard felt has given awesome results.

I read somewhere, and I used this method to apply to mine, that you take your felt strop, spray the strop with an even coat that completely covers, not saturates, the material, let it dry overnight. Spray a second coat adding another layer just like the previous day, and let that dry overnight... next day use your freshly prepared hard felt strop...