VegasDude
Member
Wow! Lots of bad advice here on the care and feeding of leather holsters. You do not want to soften the leather with conditioners, oils, Vaseline,etc.
As someone else mentioned... that is for boots and belts.
You want to stiffen the leather and lock down the nap. I use Gum Tragacanth, a specialty product, but you can use a 50/50 mix of Mop & Glo (or similar product) with water. It will not take much.
Coat the surface. Do not use a ton of this stuff. It should be absorbed by the leather, not standing on the surface. Then burnish (smooth) the nap down with something like the handle of a butter knife and let it dry at room temperature. That's it. Do not put it in the oven.
When wet molding holsters, they are often force dried in an oven at 120° or LESS, but this is before dying and finishing, etc.
Never expose your holster to temps that would burn your hand. High heat can burn or char the leather, dry it out and it will get brittle and crack.
As someone else mentioned... that is for boots and belts.
You want to stiffen the leather and lock down the nap. I use Gum Tragacanth, a specialty product, but you can use a 50/50 mix of Mop & Glo (or similar product) with water. It will not take much.
Coat the surface. Do not use a ton of this stuff. It should be absorbed by the leather, not standing on the surface. Then burnish (smooth) the nap down with something like the handle of a butter knife and let it dry at room temperature. That's it. Do not put it in the oven.
When wet molding holsters, they are often force dried in an oven at 120° or LESS, but this is before dying and finishing, etc.
Never expose your holster to temps that would burn your hand. High heat can burn or char the leather, dry it out and it will get brittle and crack.
