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lugerholsterrepair · 04-30-2020, 01:14 PM

Sergio, Like all efforts at preservation of valuable historical artifacts there are differences of opinion and methods of execution to achieve the desired results. Ballistol is first & foremost a penetrating oil. Penetrating oils "penetrate" from front to back, one side to the other. You ARE putting it on the suede, know it or not. The Ballistol website says don't do it, the leather will harden. I have observed all kinds of leather holsters for decades with JUST THIS problem. These holsters are from 80 to 100+ years old. I suspect it takes time to do what Ballistol does and you are a young man. It may be that the damage you are inflicting will not even show up in your lifetime. But Ballistol says it will and I say it will eventually cause problems that they would not see if it were not for the application of a
penetrating oil.

We all make choices. I try to make informed choices. Each to their own.

04-30-2020, 01:14 PM	#16
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	Sergio, Like all efforts at preservation of valuable historical artifacts there are differences of opinion and methods of execution to achieve the desired results. Ballistol is first & foremost a penetrating oil. Penetrating oils "penetrate" from front to back, one side to the other. You ARE putting it on the suede, know it or not. The Ballistol website says don't do it, the leather will harden. I have observed all kinds of leather holsters for decades with JUST THIS problem. These holsters are from 80 to 100+ years old. I suspect it takes time to do what Ballistol does and you are a young man. It may be that the damage you are inflicting will not even show up in your lifetime. But Ballistol says it will and I say it will eventually cause problems that they would not see if it were not for the application of a penetrating oil. We all make choices. I try to make informed choices. Each to their own. __________________ 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."