Moldy Holsters

[lugerholsterrepair]

I have just finished an interesting experiment with moldy holsters. I dug thru my holsters and found two with pretty extensive white powdery mold. There has been much discussion on how to remove and prevent the growth of this. How to tell if it is indeed, mold.
I determined this to be mold in two ways. It was striated in some pattern. Various ones and places but you could tell from looking that it looked like the bottom of a petri culture. Also it was dry. Not oily at all. Powdery.

I decided to see what sunlight would do first. I didn't even wipe the holsters off. Dry air and direct sun completely erasd all traces of mold. It simply disappeared over two days.
I am now going to try to freeze them. Unfortunately common household freezers do not get all that cold. 18 to 22 degrees perhaps. I do not know if this relatively warm freeze will actually kill the mold spoors and prevent a reoccurance. I suspect it might take a colder temperature to do the job. Like 0 degrees. Most Ice cream freezers require 0 degrees to keep ice cream stable. Might have to find one of those if this does not work.

One other thing to try is to use a food saver and suck away all the air and leave the holster in a sealed bag hoping to kill the mold. Mold needs air and water.

Will keep you posted on further developments. Jerry Burney