Thread: Felt strop has water bump

Hello, somehow I got some water on my felt bench strop and now theres a big bump about 1/4 inch. How can I remove this? I guess I could sacrifice a blade or maybe hot iron? I don't know where to start, maybe you guys can help me out. Thanks! That 1/4 inch is round not high. Its not high at all but its a bump nonetheless.

My first thought is to leave it alone. However you could probably put weights on it to flatten it back down. Maybe shave it with a DE blade? Before anything drastic hopefully someone with prior experience with these things will weigh in.

I would try ironing it with steam until smooth at the wool setting. Then see if it helped.

Jonathan

I have had good results using the method Jonathan mentioned - steam iron. You need to get a lot of hot steam into the felt, in an even manner. Turn off the steam and give it a good, hard pressing. Leave overnight and it should be OK. If not repeat, or with very sharp blade slice the bumps off.

Regards,
Neil

Yea, the steam iron method worked for me.

Bob

Thanks for the advice.