Chrome Oxide Powder - 5g

Chrome Oxide Powder, 5gm Packet - Instructions for use:

Used as a strop dressing, chrome oxide acts like an extremely fine hone and revives a dulling edge.  It can be applied to both hanging, bench and paddle strops.

Please be aware that the powder is very fine and easily blown about - take care not to inhale it and it isn't really a good idea to get it all over your hands, either!  Dust the powder over the surface of the strop - just like putting salt and pepper on your food.  You don't want to obliterate the leather - just a fine dusting will do. 

Next, take a scrap of rag, ball it up and work the powder into and all over the surface of the strop,  Any excess powder will fall off - and will stain everything it touches like green soot!  In use, the surface will acquire a sheen - this is normal and it is what you want - it shows that the powder is working.  You only need about 10 there-and-back passes of the blade over the strop.

Before moving on to your finishing strop (don't apply the powder to your finishing strop!) gently wipe any excess powder of the blade, or it will get embedded in the finishing strop.

Alternatively, you can mix the powder with a carrier oil - neatsfoot oil is ideal - and spread a thin line down the centre of the strop, working it all over the strop with circular motions.  Be sparing - the oil will condition the strop, but if you overdo it you will create too much draw, and it will become difficult to strop the razor on it.

Packaged weight will be around 18gms - POST FREE IN THE UK!