Timeline for Is all fine grit count sandpaper called wet/dry?
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| Mar 28, 2016 at 10:53 | comment | added | aaron | thanks for the tip, i didn't know that did anything functional outside of the plain text. | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 18:27 | comment | added | Graphus | @aaron, as you're replying to a comment by keshlam you need to use the @ symbol plus his name without a space between, as I've done here with your username, to have the comment show up in his inbox. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 11:32 | comment | added | aaron | yes, it works. i have stopped on both wood and MDF, plywood, and particleboard. if your edge gets sharp, and your compound turns black, then you're stropping and not cheating... it's very easy to determine :-) | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 3:00 | comment | added | keshlam | Arguably, one of the advantages the tormek-like systems have is that they explicitly make stropping part of the process. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 2:58 | comment | added | keshlam | I've seen some folks simply spread compound on a flat scrap of softish wood and use that as a strop. Haven't tried it so I have no opinion on whether it makes sense or they're cheating themselves. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 21:46 | comment | added | Graphus | @grfrazee, yes exactly. I use metal polish to charge my strop, but same principle as the purpose-made wax compounds. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 20:38 | comment | added | grfrazee | With the denim, I assume you also use the stropping compound? Never thought of using denim as a strop, but I guess it makes sense since it supplies a slightly-cushioned surface and an interface for the compound. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 18:05 | comment | added | Graphus | @grfrazee, I actually don't use leather at all for strops any more :-) I use denim. I've made two strops from two types of leather and compared them directly with each other and denim and there's no difference in effect. Despite all that's been said about the superiority of one type of leather over another if you're using stropping compound it's that —the fine abrasive— that does all the work. It's only stropping 'dry', on bare leather, that I think leather type makes any difference. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 14:11 | comment | added | grfrazee | As a note, most strops are made with vegetable-tanned leather. I'm not saying chrome-tanned won't work, but veg-tan is generally stiffer, less soft, and will glue better to a base piece of wood due to there being less ( or no) oils in the leather. Also, chrome-tan leather can stain steel. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 10:55 | history | answered | Graphus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |