Couple Of Questons From A Ne Guy

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It is amazing how far a thred can wander.

In one way, so many points of view makes me ralize how little I know.

I needed a hobby a few years ago and got into guns and acton shooting. I had played with leather years ago and decided to extend my hobby into holdters as well. This sight is a wealth of information and i appreciat ethe time and effort ot takes form knowledgeable to people to share and teach others that want to learn.

I have the day off tomorrow so I will get to make some headway ont he holster. will post a pic when finished.

Brent

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Dickf, that's a really interesting demo of the the two finishes. About 10 days ago I made a couple of samples to try Mop-n-Glo compared to Angelus 600. I took two chunks of Craftsman grade Hermann Oak (both pieces from the same hide) and dyed them with Fiebing's Pro Oil Black. After letting them dry for 24 hours, I gave each a good coat of neatsfoot oil. Several days later, I finished both pieces, one with Angelus 600 and the other Mop-n-Glo. I applied them both the same way, cut 50/50 with water, and sprayed on with an airbrush. I did the same number of coats per piece (four if memory serves.) I was going to keep them cinched down against my workout shorts with a belt while I worked out in order to do an accelerated test on them to see how they help up. But, I forgot about them for a while, until I saw your pics and video yesterday. So, I went out and started pouring water on them. With both pieces the water just beaded on the surface. I left several drops of water on them for over an hour. Both pieces still had the water beading on the surface, with very very minor "staining". I put that in quotes because it seemed more like a residue of the water that was still on the surface, not really sure if it was actually penetrating the finish. I did notice that the Angelus 600 coated piece had less water beading on the surface and more "staining" than the Mop-n-Glo coated piece. I also don't have any cracking with the Mop-n-Glo either, even when bending the piece. I'm not sure why you and I are having such vastly different results. Could it be because my pieces had cured longer? Maybe it's because I treated the pieces with neatsfoot oil, and that helped with water resistence. I'm not ready to use Mop-n-Glo as a finish yet, but I'm definitely going to test it further.

Paul

Biggest reason is one used Mop&Glow full strength and the other cut it 50% with water. I would imangine the full strenght application of Mop&Glow was thick enough to crack when bent. I would bet that full strentgh of the 600 and 50/50 of Mop&Glow would be about the same finish in the end.

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It is amazing how far a thred can wander.

In one way, so many points of view makes me ralize how little I know.

I needed a hobby a few years ago and got into guns and acton shooting. I had played with leather years ago and decided to extend my hobby into holdters as well. This sight is a wealth of information and i appreciat ethe time and effort ot takes form knowledgeable to people to share and teach others that want to learn.

I have the day off tomorrow so I will get to make some headway ont he holster. will post a pic when finished.

Brent

Sorry we stole your thread. Good luck on the bench tomorrow and yell if you need help.

Michael