Treating a holster that is a bit mushy?

lugerholsterrepair · 12-03-2004, 04:22 PM

Malcom, Boil it and eat it, it's your holster. The idiot who put oil on it had some of the great ideas you are now having.

Vintage leather is not something to be treated so cavalierly. It does not respond well to these harsh chemicals or heat. Neither does your skin which is pretty much the same thing.

The oil will be extracted from the holster with kittie litter. Never all of it but enough to make a big difference.

The collectors here have given you good advice and Tom armstrong has more leather and experience with it than a hundred others I know.

You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.....Jerry Burney

12-03-2004, 04:22 PM	#10
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Malcom, Boil it and eat it, it's your holster. The idiot who put oil on it had some of the great ideas you are now having. Vintage leather is not something to be treated so cavalierly. It does not respond well to these harsh chemicals or heat. Neither does your skin which is pretty much the same thing. The oil will be extracted from the holster with kittie litter. Never all of it but enough to make a big difference. The collectors here have given you good advice and Tom armstrong has more leather and experience with it than a hundred others I know. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.....Jerry Burney __________________ 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."