5lb 120 grit Reel Sharpening Compound

Does what it says. Sharpened my reel mowers blades well and washed off easy. Shipping was a bit much but compared to other sellers/competitors, you get more for your buck.

Great back lap compound. As advertised.

Only some auto parts stores carry this product and in very very small amounts . This is a good product came in a large quantity for a very small product

Excellent reel sharpening compound at a reasonable price. Used on a McLane GR25 after a initial lapping with 80 grit. Produces a very clean, smooth finish on the reel/bedknife. Easily cleans up with water.

I've used this for the first time this past summer. The product seems to work well as it sharpened the reel blade with ease. The container size is a little large since I only use it on 1 mower. The compound will last me many years, so there is that. All in all, I'm glad I purchased this.

My neighbor and I have old McLane 7 blade reel power mowers. When nice and sharp they provide a manicured lawn appearance that no rotary mower can match. But, keeping those blades sharp for those kinds of results is mandatory. And, as anyone who's ever owned a reel mower can tell you, that's not an easy or convenient task. If you can get the mower to a shop & have it regualarly serviced with backlapping and sharpening then go for it. But, if you're like most of the rest of us reel mower owners, you can't conveniently get it to a shop for those services as frequently as you'l like to. This sharpening material lets you backlap your blades by simply "painting" on the material to the blades with a paintbrush taped to a long stick and pull the mower backwards down the street - "repainting" the blades as you go. Of course, you can put the mower on a holding device and run the blades backwards like that - if you have such a setup - which you probably don't. So, what I've described here is for those who don't and it works just fine. If you use it like I just described, be sure to hose off the sharpening material completely and spray the blades liberally with WD 40 before using the mower again. Be sure to have your blades barely touching the bed knife. When some mower shops do the backlaping or sharpening they tend to adjust the blades too close to the bed knife and they lose their sharpen quickly. Also, don't hesitate to just pull your mower - with the engine off and blades engaged, backwards every so often which helps keep the back lap in good shape after using this sharpening compound.

Very happy with this product. I've never back-lapped my reel mower before, but I was able to do a pretty fair job on the first try using this compound. So I'm assuming that experience is not critical here. And considering the cost of this service, watching a few UTube presentations and ordering this product makes good sense. Still a little confused about the grit; I ordered this 120 because I thought that 80 would be too coarse and I couldn't find the 100 middle ground. Anyway, this didn't seem to matter. Maybe you just need to use the 120 grit for a little longer. Great results in any case. One thing you'll need to consider before ordering is just how you'll go about rotating the reel counter clockwise - at about 400 RPM, according to my research. Lots of possibilities, depending on your mower make and model. I really got a kick out of the duct tape method; connect your cordless drill to the reel sprocket using lots of tape. It works! I prefer to remove the sprocket, attach a shaft coupling between the reel shaft end and a short shaft that goes into my drill chuck.

Keep them reel mower sharp for a healthy lawn.