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<DIV> <FONT size=4>Joe,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <FONT size=4> For myself any of the jewelers
compounds are great for polishing metal, what I know from experience
in sand blasting aluminum oxide is what I have used to etch glass. I have always
said its hard to beat a man at what he makes a living at so the white compound
John Dunkle uses and Yellow Stone are close his Dad I believe came up with
the Yellow Stone and they both work well. As far as carving I am working on Wood
Spirits and 1/2 log wall hanging for shops here in town and E-bay been doing 2
Wood Spirits a day or 1 Native, doing the small ones are good practice been
trying to refine women's features some.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Chris Howard </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:14
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Maura, I wish you luck on the move. An adequate size shop is
important.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Here's my opinion to your question, "what is the best
compound to use on a leather strop?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>I prefer the green compound. At one of our GOW's we tested
the green against the Yellow Stone. We tried to control the variables as much
as possible following the directions on both. In the end we all decided that
there wasn't any difference, both yielded good results. I believe both are 1/2
micron particles of aluminum oxide for the abrasive with different binders.
1/2 micron is not quite optical quality because if used on glass it does
cloud. In the buffing section of most hardware stores you can get sticks of
buffing compound for Plexiglas and glass that is about 1/4 micron, which
appears to be optical quality because it will not cloud glass. I feel that the
1/4 micron would produce a finer edge on our carving tools but would not be
worth taking almost twice the time for polishing where the 1/2 micron does a
good enough job, on our tools, for even the softest of woods. I have
tried the powdered aluminum oxide (jewelers quality 1/4 micron) with success
as well as the larger sticks of the cheaper white compound, and the compounds
found in the buffing section at most hardware stores and prefer the green
compound over all of those. My preference is based on ease of use (just rub it
on), how it holds to the leather or any other substrate, overall cost (one
stick lasts a very long time) and especially how quickly it
polishes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I've never heard of using baby powder for buffing (just
babies in the buff) but I have heard of toothpaste as a substitute for
buffing compound. My feelings on that is I would rather take advantage of all
the testing those companies did, experimenting with hundreds of
materials to engineer a high quality product. </FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>
<DIV><BR>Joe Dillett<BR>The Carving Shop<BR>645 E. LaSalle St. Suite
3<BR>Somonauk, IL. 60552</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:36
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/12/2009 5:31:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:celtcarver@me.com">celtcarver@me.com</A> writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>In
any event, even if I can't type, I can hear the faint sounds of
<BR>tools being sharpened. What are you working on? What is the
burning <BR>woodcarving question of the day on the cold, blustery
morn?<BR><BR><BR>Matt Kelley<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>I am as always carving more mini wolves (3/4" tall) , have done about
200 at this point, people keep buying and I will keep carving.</DIV>
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<DIV>My question of the day will be "what is the best compound to use on a
leather strop" Is it aluminum oxide??? I have heard baby powder
is excellent. Does anybody have any knowledge of that???
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PTSIZE="10">Maura<BR><A
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