holster cleaning

lugerholsterrepair · 12-07-2006, 10:41 AM

I would use a mild dish soap? Ed, I know you have not taken up drinking so there must be another reason you have gone insane....Dish soap is synthetic and a liquid. It almost always has scent added...I would never use it as you will never get it out of the leather. For cleaning I use saddle soap in an aresol can. It is very light and does an excellent job of cleaning.
This subject has been beat to death but I will say one thing. If you do not want to change the present color do not put anything on the leather. Let the air and moisture suck the life right out.
Connoly's is primarily lanolin. A natural substance that is not alien to leather. It will darken leather because it adds something to the surface. It is usually a very pleasing change that will be darker at first and lighten up over the next few days. Jerry Burney

12-07-2006, 10:41 AM	#6
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	I would use a mild dish soap? Ed, I know you have not taken up drinking so there must be another reason you have gone insane....Dish soap is synthetic and a liquid. It almost always has scent added...I would never use it as you will never get it out of the leather. For cleaning I use saddle soap in an aresol can. It is very light and does an excellent job of cleaning. This subject has been beat to death but I will say one thing. If you do not want to change the present color do not put anything on the leather. Let the air and moisture suck the life right out. Connoly's is primarily lanolin. A natural substance that is not alien to leather. It will darken leather because it adds something to the surface. It is usually a very pleasing change that will be darker at first and lighten up over the next few days. 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."