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lugerholsterrepair · 04-27-2020, 04:59 PM

OMG!!!! In the past I’ve cleaned off the particulate matter with warm water and then left the holster out in the direct sunlight for as long as I could. I then wipe it down with acetone and treat it with the old Connolly’s. It seems to work pretty good. Only once have I had to do it again because of a little bit coming back.

WATER? Is the WORST thing on Planet Earth to put on ANY vintage leather! WARM water is WORSE than WATER!!! Then direct sunlight? This would be like pouring SALT on a garden slug! DO NOT DO THIS!!! EVER!!!

04-27-2020, 04:59 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	OMG!!!! In the past I’ve cleaned off the particulate matter with warm water and then left the holster out in the direct sunlight for as long as I could. I then wipe it down with acetone and treat it with the old Connolly’s. It seems to work pretty good. Only once have I had to do it again because of a little bit coming back. WATER? Is the WORST thing on Planet Earth to put on ANY vintage leather! WARM water is WORSE than WATER!!! Then direct sunlight? This would be like pouring SALT on a garden slug! DO NOT DO THIS!!! EVER!!! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."