Help! Holster Shrank After Dying It.

[camano ridge]

Looks pretty good. THe fit also looks pretty good. Nice job.

[Boriqua]

I want my holsters to start out a little to tight to insert the gun after drying. I mean .. TIGHT. Then I wrap the gun with a little wax paper and stuff it in often with a good deal of force. When I take the gun out it is perfect. A nice amount of retention but not sloppy.

My little 2 cents and I certainly not doing this as long as others ...

I case the leather (dip it fairly quickly in a frying pan with water on both sides.)

I stick it in a plastic bag for say an hour or more.

I pull it out and let it get close to its original color. Its still redish but not dark like when you removed it from the bag. I wait usually about an hour.

I stuff my gun in there and do any boning I want to do

I leave the gun in it for about 1 hour.

I stick it in the oven at about 150 degrees for about 15-20 minutes. I use a bent hanger to hang it from one of the racks I use an oven thermometer and dont put the holster in until the thermometer reads 150.

I take it out of the oven and usually wait about 30 minutes. I dont know why??

I carefully take the gun out of the holster and let it dry about 24 hours. If I stick my finger in the holster and if I feel humidity I leave it alone and wait.

I then dye

I have to work my muscles hard to get the gun in there when its wet and I work those muscles to get the gun in there with wax paper when I am done. I mean tight!

Then I get this. This particular holster is deferentially hard waxed but you get the point. Tight is OK. This particular holster is for my own carry and I can tell you it draws like a dream and I can run from godzilla and never worry about my gun popping out.

Edited June 10, 2014 by Boriqua