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May 12, 2017, 12:17 PM | #1 |
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holster rig conditioning?
my black holster rig arrived very dried out. What should I use on it to soften it up?
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May 12, 2017, 12:51 PM | #2 | |
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If you think something is wrong with your holster, take a picture of it and point out the offending issue. Here is one of my full-flap holsters I have made: Here is another holster...it is an outside the waistband model for a S&W 36 snubbie: None of my holsters have ever seen any softening agent or ever needed one. |
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May 12, 2017, 01:25 PM | #3 |
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The Wyoming cartridge belt is especially bad, the cartridge loops are rock hard
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May 12, 2017, 01:33 PM | #4 |
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Dampen the loops and put cartridges in them and let it dry. As was already said you do not want a soft leather gun rig. You want it hard and stiff.
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May 12, 2017, 02:20 PM | #5 |
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Oil of Mink works well.
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May 12, 2017, 06:51 PM | #6 | |
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http://news.tacticalgear.com/leather...er-treatments/ |
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May 12, 2017, 07:11 PM | #7 | |
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May 12, 2017, 07:50 PM | #8 |
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What about mink oil on the straps? (thong, lace)
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May 12, 2017, 08:34 PM | #9 |
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I wouldn't.
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May 13, 2017, 06:15 AM | #10 |
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The only thing I would put on a holster is renascence wax.
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May 15, 2017, 10:49 PM | #11 |
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Pure lanolin wiped on and use a hair dryer to melt it into the leather. Ebay has lots of it.
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May 16, 2017, 09:32 AM | #12 | |
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Wet leather against brass cartridges is a bad thing,,,
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Unless you like that nasty green verdigris that will quickly form. Aarond .
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May 16, 2017, 12:20 PM | #13 |
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Soft leather stretches then it shrinks. That's what wet forming is all about. However, as mentioned, holsters are not supposed to be soft. You keep 'em waterproof with regular shoe polish applied the same way you polish your shoes(read the label). Shoe polish has waxes in it.
That nasty green verdigris is not from the leather. It's the copper coming out of any brass bits. In any case, when you're wet forming leather the rule is 'wet but not dripping'. Certainly not soaking wet.
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May 16, 2017, 02:39 PM | #16 |
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Yep, I forgot to add that.
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