Lil Dudey
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 9, 2010 13:36:10 GMT -5
What do you use to treat your unlined gun rigs?
I was thinking about using Saddle Soap. I saw in another forum that others were using silicone.
Feedback will be greatly appreciated.
Have a beautiful and blessed weekend!
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Post by peacemaker on Oct 9, 2010 16:56:29 GMT -5
Saddle soap with glycerine to clean, air dry, light coat of Neatsfoot oil or Lexol conditioner.
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Lil Dudey
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 9, 2010 17:31:06 GMT -5
PeaceMaker Thank you very much!
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Post by peacemaker on Oct 9, 2010 18:10:01 GMT -5
Your welcome. Be advised, though, that if your holster is heavy, formed leather, do not use the Neatsfoot on it.
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Post by Frank V on Oct 11, 2010 16:34:04 GMT -5
Neatsfoot oil will darken soften the leather sometimes making it loose shape.
Frank
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 11, 2010 17:26:00 GMT -5
Frank V Thank you very much!
I did some further research and based on the feed-backs I bought the TANDY LEATHER FIEBINGS LIQUID GLYCERINE SADDLE SOAP and Lexol 1013 Leather Conditioner 33.8 oz. (1 Liter).
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Post by mran1126 on Oct 12, 2010 0:42:16 GMT -5
Sno Seal........recommended by several leaher workers. ( not sure if I spelled it right )
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Lil Dudey
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 12, 2010 1:09:36 GMT -5
mran1126 Thank you very much!
I looked up Sno-Seal and it has great reviews.
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Post by brettov on Oct 12, 2010 14:03:11 GMT -5
I would be interested to see what Mike Barranti and Rob Leahy recommend .
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Post by mworkmansr on Oct 12, 2010 14:36:42 GMT -5
One of the makers of my rigs told me to rub in a bit of olive oil every few months. Haven't tried it yet, but he makes a lot of nice rigs. Mine are all lined, though.
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Post by Tx Gun Runner on Oct 12, 2010 19:20:50 GMT -5
One of the makers of my rigs told me to rub in a bit of olive oil every few months. Haven't tried it yet, but he makes a lot of nice rigs. Mine are all lined, though. +1 on the olive oil , they been using on leather back in the Roman days and I have been using it for the last 30 yrs . When you tan leather you remove the aminal fat out of hide , so you don't want to put it back in , so read the label . |
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 13, 2010 0:24:00 GMT -5
I truly appreciate all the feedback.
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Post by COR on Oct 13, 2010 6:34:43 GMT -5
Why do you think it needs "treated" at all??
Do not use Neatsfoot on any quality leather. It will soften it and that is not desireable for any gun rig. I use my Danner boot treatment on them but in reality it is only at most once a year or two if they need it. If it holds my handgun correctly it is going to get a character marks or two. Small potatoes to me.
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Post by mbogo on Oct 13, 2010 18:07:49 GMT -5
The saddle soap has a conditioner in it, plus it cleans the leather. You only need to apply neatsfoot oil, on veg tanned leather after thoroughly working/dying the leather. Even then very little is required.
The Sno-seal has a lot of bees wax in it, and tends to waterproof.
You could use clear shoe polish on the exterior to help seal it. I've used Johnsons Paste Wax on a couple of holsters to see what it would do, it seems to be ok, and gives some nice colors on natural leather too.
If the fibers of the leather get too much oil in them, the body of the holster will become very flexible. Granted it would take a lot of oil, many times.
It's kind of like oiling a firearm, less can be more.
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Post by Lil Dudey on Oct 13, 2010 22:40:50 GMT -5
I truly appreciate all the feedback.
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