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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
Linen Strop Cleaning and Reconditioning
Your carpet cleaner seemed to do a nice job on it.
I have two strops that have the same type of 'hose' material. It looks like one was washed some time in its history which left it 'lumpy'. I tried to use a wood press to flatten it back out, but no luck. Any idea how I can reflatten it??