Strop Cleaning?

My last foray into stropping . . . I always regret it afterward and wonder why I do it . . . I guess because I get caught up in the "Toothy Good / Must Strop Toothy" threads.

. . . anyway I finally get the diamond grit stirred up in the syringe enough to sort of poop out the tip; try to smooth out the gobs and get it to sort of spread on the smooth leather strop.
Greeeaaaaaaaat . . . well that didn't work. Take some half hearted swipes. Put strop away . . . get out Edge Pro . . . sharpen another knife to polished and hair whittling and kick back . . . satisfied.
Ahhhhhhhh that's more like it.

So my question is should I spray / spritz on some WD-40 to get the localized smears of diamond grit to spread over the surface of the smooth leather
or
petroleum jelly ?
or
give up stropping (again) ?
:D

PS : Should I hose the inside of the syringe containing the solidified diamond grit with WD-40 each time before attempting to push the stuff out ?
 
Heat? ^
Hair dryer?
Also, when you clean the strop as I outlined with the hand cleaner and hot water, in the morning you'll have a dry piece of leather screaming for any kind of a treatment.
I'd use cardboard but I guess I'm old school and I like that the leather holds up to repeated usage.

Kinda like the old adage, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
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