"sticky" strops how i fixed it...

**paco664** · 04-01-2012, 09:43 PM

i had 2 of my strops that had developed a "stickiness"... or a uneven draw over the length of the leather.... i tried a bit of neatsfoot oil and rubbing with my palm but they just weren't responding...

so a trip to tandy leather was in order.... i went through the entire wall and decided to give some saddle soap a try.... got a damp rag... soaped up the strops good and proper then wiped them clean with a damp rag.... then i repeated the process and left the soap on to dry..... tonight when i got home from work i took a clean dry towel and wiped em down....

talk about resurrection.... both my latigo and the 3" big daddy are like butter..... butter.......

if you have a dirty uneven draw strop give some plain ole saddle soap a shot....

i am a believer...

**Kentos** · 04-01-2012, 10:02 PM

Great tip! A light wiping with denatured alcohol sometimes helps when you over oil a strop too. Wid got that nugget of wisdom from Scrupleworks.

**paco664** · 04-02-2012, 09:27 PM

wow... crickets around this place today......

i am gonna go saddle soap my other big daddy strop.....

i can't get over how silky smooth the draw is now on my latigo made by trick420...

**Kentos** · 04-02-2012, 10:04 PM

A lot of people were getting blocked due to a supposed virus or sumthing...that may be why.

**paco664** · 04-02-2012, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Kentos

A lot of people were getting blocked due to a supposed virus or sumthing...that may be why.

i dunno.....

**CyiDev** · 04-02-2012, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by Kentos

A lot of people were getting blocked due to a supposed virus or sumthing...that may be why.

Firefox users are experiencing that. They can click the bototm right of the box that pretty much say "Liesssssss, take me to the badgers anyways".

As for the soap, I am curious how much soaking the strops are going through. I pretty much turned by practice strop into a crispy chip somehow by trying to soak it and soften it/break it in (didn't want to do it to my real TM strop).

**Doc226** · 04-03-2012, 03:00 AM

I don't have any sticky ones, but i'll keep in mind. Paco why are your strops sticky? HAHAHAHAHA

**paco664** · 04-03-2012, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by CyiDev

Firefox users are experiencing that. They can click the bototm right of the box that pretty much say "Liesssssss, take me to the badgers anyways".

As for the soap, I am curious how much soaking the strops are going through. I pretty much turned by practice strop into a crispy chip somehow by trying to soak it and soften it/break it in (didn't want to do it to my real TM strop).

there is practically NO soaking...... you dampen the cloth and then rub it on the soap... the rag is not wet....... then you scrub the chit out of the surface of the leather..... then i wiped it off with another dry towel.... then i washed out the original rag and wrung it out completely and reapplied the soap and let it dry for a day.......

the leather is soft and supple and smooooth....

**paco664** · 04-03-2012, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by Doc226

I don't have any sticky ones, but i'll keep in mind. Paco why are your strops sticky? HAHAHAHAHA

callate.....

apparently i have hand rubbed the strop before and didn't clean my hands well enough from work...... they had almost like grease spots on them...... now they are pretty......

the untreated one *(see the dark spots?)

and the clean ones....

latigo

big daddy....