Bazoo
Member
Its been quite a while since I did maintenance on my holster since I wear it all the time. So this evening I decided to take it off and clean it up. Figured I’d share for anyone that hasn’t had this idea or maybe didn’t know what to do for a leather carry holster.
I first started by dusting it off inside and out, using a toothbrush for some of the stamping and smaller areas and a rag for everything else.
You can see it was pretty dusty and grungy. But it wiped pretty clean.
I apply a liberal coat of JPW or Johnson’s paste wax.
The top half of the holster has been waxed and the bottom is unwaxed, for comparison.
Here we are waxed and buffed with a shoe brush.
This is my own regiment that I’ve developed after years of carrying a gun. In this case I’ve carried this gun and holster over two years, and given it this treatment dozens of times. In summer I sometimes will give it this once a week to keep the sweat from soaking into my holster.
Don’t forget to wax your ammo carrier too! This is a DeSantis 3x3. Waxing the inside helps prevent, but doesn’t eliminate verdigris.
I also remove my grips and coat the inside of the grip panels and the frame to help stave off rust from sweat.
The holster is a Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake, and the gun is a Ruger Blackhawk 44 special, to which I’ve added a stainless grip frame.
Thanks all for reading and I hope this helps everyone to keep their rig in good working order.
I first started by dusting it off inside and out, using a toothbrush for some of the stamping and smaller areas and a rag for everything else.
You can see it was pretty dusty and grungy. But it wiped pretty clean.
I apply a liberal coat of JPW or Johnson’s paste wax.
The top half of the holster has been waxed and the bottom is unwaxed, for comparison.
Here we are waxed and buffed with a shoe brush.
This is my own regiment that I’ve developed after years of carrying a gun. In this case I’ve carried this gun and holster over two years, and given it this treatment dozens of times. In summer I sometimes will give it this once a week to keep the sweat from soaking into my holster.
Don’t forget to wax your ammo carrier too! This is a DeSantis 3x3. Waxing the inside helps prevent, but doesn’t eliminate verdigris.
I also remove my grips and coat the inside of the grip panels and the frame to help stave off rust from sweat.
The holster is a Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake, and the gun is a Ruger Blackhawk 44 special, to which I’ve added a stainless grip frame.
Thanks all for reading and I hope this helps everyone to keep their rig in good working order.