Getting Aggressive

Navy · 01-29-2007, 10:05 PM

All,

Have had the perenial problem with mold. Tried freezing, witchcraft and various ju-ju.

Then last week while surfing through a site on pickelhaben, saw the site owners recommendations on mold.

A no-brainer: Wipe down with Lysol.

Seemed a bit like using JDAMS on mice, so I decised to give it a *highly* scientific test. To wit: took a norskie MP-40 mag pouch that was ate up with mold and gave it a brushing. Then put it into a plastic bucket with 4 T of Lysol concentrate and filled that sucka up. Let it soak for half hour, then drained the gunk-and a lot of it there was-and then filled with clean water. Let soak 30 minutes, then repeated.

It is hanging now just off the Fuerher Bunker, about 10 feet from the water heater, so an ambient 80 degrees will be maintained. Will check it the next couple of days and see waht the result is. Follow up with some connolley's and see wha'cha.

I am cautiously optimistic; I believe we are "babying" our leather a bit too much. We shall see.

Tom A.

Ron Smith · 01-30-2007, 11:50 AM

Tom,

Precisely why I buy nothing but Nauga Hyde holsters. They are getting scarce, but well worth the investment.

Pete Ebbink · 01-30-2007, 11:59 AM

I have had very good luck with Desenex foot powder...the powder...not the spray products...

See discussion over at Jan's :

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10482

Navy · 01-31-2007, 07:28 AM

Checked the Norskie MP-40 pouch last PM. I was very favorably impressed with the results. Mold 99.5% gone, leather supple, verdegris intact.

We may be on to something here.

Tom A.

thegundude · 01-31-2007, 10:34 AM

Tom, doesn't soaking it make it shrink?

Navy · 01-31-2007, 12:45 PM

No shrinkage noted.

01-29-2007, 10:05 PM	#1
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Getting Aggressive All, Have had the perenial problem with mold. Tried freezing, witchcraft and various ju-ju. Then last week while surfing through a site on pickelhaben, saw the site owners recommendations on mold. A no-brainer: Wipe down with Lysol. Seemed a bit like using JDAMS on mice, so I decised to give it a highly scientific test. To wit: took a norskie MP-40 mag pouch that was ate up with mold and gave it a brushing. Then put it into a plastic bucket with 4 T of Lysol concentrate and filled that sucka up. Let it soak for half hour, then drained the gunk-and a lot of it there was-and then filled with clean water. Let soak 30 minutes, then repeated. It is hanging now just off the Fuerher Bunker, about 10 feet from the water heater, so an ambient 80 degrees will be maintained. Will check it the next couple of days and see waht the result is. Follow up with some connolley's and see wha'cha. I am cautiously optimistic; I believe we are "babying" our leather a bit too much. We shall see. Tom A.

01-30-2007, 11:50 AM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Tom, Precisely why I buy nothing but Nauga Hyde holsters. They are getting scarce, but well worth the investment. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

01-31-2007, 10:34 AM	#5
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Tom, doesn't soaking it make it shrink? __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

01-30-2007, 11:59 AM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	I have had very good luck with Desenex foot powder...the powder...not the spray products... See discussion over at Jan's : http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10482

01-31-2007, 07:28 AM	#4
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Checked the Norskie MP-40 pouch last PM. I was very favorably impressed with the results. Mold 99.5% gone, leather supple, verdegris intact. We may be on to something here. Tom A.

01-31-2007, 12:45 PM	#6
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	No shrinkage noted.