Thread: Linen Strop Cleaning and Reconditioning

Have this old strop with a nice piece of linen but extremely dirty and probably full of metal particles. The linen is very nice and its actually a piece of tubing like a firehose. I was thinking to cut in the middle and turn it over because the interior looks pretty clean.
I had tried different products on it but nothing really clean it the way i wanted it.

On another thread Rich aka Zib mention using carpet cleaner for the linen strop, and i just happen to have some, i sprayed the linen let it sit for a while, then scrub it really good with a brush.

I did this process 3 times to get the linen clean, the rinsed, let it dry overnight, then i used a regular clothing iron to get all the wrinkles out of it. I'm very pleased the way it turned out.

Lastly applied a small amout of dovo white paste and ready to use. Please note that the first pic was after some cleaning was allready done. Thanks for the great tip Rich!