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22 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

are you going into holster production for a business? I just wet my holster and form by hand, no need for a vacuum, unless you plane on doing a lot in a day.

No, not going into the business.  I'm planning on making holsters for all my kids and wife.  I already have a couple of vacuum pumps, so the equipment investment would be small.

 

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its real easy to mold by hand. I just soak the holster in pretty warm water for about a min, then I use a Sharpie and the wood handles of my leather tools to form it. Takes no time at all.

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13 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

its real easy to mold by hand. I just soak the holster in pretty warm water for about a min, then I use a Sharpie and the wood handles of my leather tools to form it. Takes no time at all.

How long does it take to dry?  I dip mine for about 10 seconds and it seems to take a couple of days for it to dry out.

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27 minutes ago, PastorBob said:

How long does it take to dry?  I dip mine for about 10 seconds and it seems to take a couple of days for it to dry out.

i leave the gun or knife in the holster till next morning, they are usually dry on the outside but by the end of the day all the way through, i live in a desert however even in the winter there is almost zero humidity.

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53 minutes ago, PastorBob said:

How long does it take to dry?

that's going to depend on your location 'n' humidity 'n' stuff.

Up here in Iowa, I WET a holster, good bit of warm water.  mold a holster, do whatever initial shaping, set it off to the side. Maybe in an hour I'll check it, do some further detailing .. and hopefully at that point it's set up enough to pull the gun/mold.  then set it in front of a fan (at room temp) and let it sit, usually overnight before I touch it again, though that's because I'm not working, not because the leather isnt' ready.

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1 hour ago, chuck123wapati said:

i leave the gun or knife in the holster till next morning, they are usually dry on the outside but by the end of the day all the way through, i live in a desert however even in the winter there is almost zero humidity.

 

54 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

that's going to depend on your location 'n' humidity 'n' stuff.

Up here in Iowa, I WET a holster, good bit of warm water.  mold a holster, do whatever initial shaping, set it off to the side. Maybe in an hour I'll check it, do some further detailing .. and hopefully at that point it's set up enough to pull the gun/mold.  then set it in front of a fan (at room temp) and let it sit, usually overnight before I touch it again, though that's because I'm not working, not because the leather isnt' ready.

Thanks for that feedback.  Humidity is better since move to Missouri, compared to Atlanta for sure.  How long are you guys soaking your holsters?  May be why I struggle to get really good exterior molding...I am not soaking it long enough.

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1 hour ago, PastorBob said:

 

Thanks for that feedback.  Humidity is better since move to Missouri, compared to Atlanta for sure.  How long are you guys soaking your holsters?  May be why I struggle to get really good exterior molding...I am not soaking it long enough.

i use the same rule of thumb as tooling, i get it wet all the way through but not soaking wet i run it under the tap on both sides till it all looks wet. then stick the object in it and let it set and check it till its workable, then form it with my hands. The way i figure it is  the leather will mold best at the same dampness as tooling works best. Same with burnishing the edges. 

 Now i dont do a lot of  those retention type holsters with all the definition but mine are formed to the weapon to create a good tight fit. Dwights video on wet molding is about the best one i've seen on the actual forming procedure. i liked the idea of the plastic layer between the tool and the leather even if vacuum wasn't applied. i think it would take out a lot of unwanted tool marks dont know though so i may have to try it out.

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5 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

....... i liked the idea of the plastic layer between the tool and the leather even if vacuum wasn't applied. i think it would take out a lot of unwanted tool marks dont know though so i may have to try it out.

Yeah . . . :) . . . it does . . .

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9 minutes ago, Dwight said:

Yeah . . . :) . . . it does . . .

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3 hours ago, PastorBob said:

How long are you guys soaking your holsters? 

You CANNOT accidentally "over" wet it.  CANNOT be "too" wet.  Now, it doesn't need to be DRIPPING and SOAKED, but if it got that way it WONT HURT ANYTHING. Gonna take a bit longer to dry, but no harm done!

I've made a lot of holsters and done a lot of tooling, and I can tell you my holsters ARE DEFINITELY WETTER than my tooling leather (except holsters which are tooled).  Chuck has posted some nice lookin' rigs, so if he does it a different way is just evidence that theys more'n one way skin a cow.

Seriously, I get a big bowl of clean warm water.  Drop the holster right in it, completely submerged.  Wait.  Longer than a few seconds.  If you have to potty, now is a good time ;)  Or not.  Honestly, I probably did "time" it, but would have been so long ago I just go by how it feels now.

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