My EDC is a P-239 in a Galco horsehide Royal IWB. My 239 is hard to extract and ask what do y'all recommend as a leather lubricant. I tried silicon spray and it leaves a frost coating in the 239.

Thanks

I know there are products out there but I usually just my weapon in a heavy Ziploc baggie and wrap it twice around and then insert your 239 into the holster and let it sit a couple of days. This will stretch the leather enough to give you a smoother draw without over stretching the holster. This is what most holster makers recommend for you to do. Good luck.

Mitch Rosen Leather Lightning. (I haven't personally used this, but if he makes, recommends and sells it, it would have to be good.) https://mitchrosen.com/products/additional-products/

Galco has a product called "Draw-Eze" that smooths it up pretty well.

I always use the wrap-it-in-plastic method, and it works. Several Galco holsters, Bianchi, Don Hume, all good holsters but not custom work. On occasion, it takes more than 24 hours for the gun to fit well, but ultimately they do.

Don't use chemicals.

Leather Lightning from Mitch Rosen Leather works awesome

I use wax paper for "fitting" a gun to a new holster if it's too tight. One or two wraps is usually enough & the wax paper makes it much easier to remove the gun from the holster than if it was covered with plastic wrap.

For lubricant/protectant I use a neutral paste shoe polish. You don't want to use anything that will soften the leather, because eventually it'll cause the holster to loose it's shape.

I use the plastic bag technique. And I often just holster up and leave the gun in the holster for a week or so. That works too.

I also use wax paper to loosen the holster.

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Originally posted by Stinx:
Leather Lightning from Mitch Rosen Leather works awesome

Another vote for Leather Lightning. I've used it to break in two holsters – a Rosen and an Alessi. A little goes a long way. I bought two bottles, but the first one is still half full.

My method of use was to apply it to relevant parts of the pistol – mainly the front of the slide and the front edges of the trigger guard. Then insert the pistol into the holster and extract it. Repeat…

Plastic supermarket shopping bags have worked for me, they are thin, so I start using two for a couple of days, then add two more bags to make it a total of four bags, then let it sit that way for five more days.

I don't like the baggie/wax paper method. It can distort the holster to the degree that retention suffers.

Holster break in and maintenance with a good leather lubricant, such as Leather Lightning, avoids that problem.

Ballistol is a pretty good holster lubricant

Bag method for me too.

When I worked in patrol with leather lined holsters we used pure silicone spray inside the holster for break in and maintenance. A baby bottle brush to brush out fhe lining from time to time