Leather Lightning

[RockingRook]

Has anyone used this product?

Chuck

[Grapevinebill]

Never heard of it my friend. What is it used for?

[RockingRook]

Never heard of it my friend. What is it used for?

It is a leather dressing for inside the holster to give it a smooth draw and assists in "break in". It is sold by Mitch Rosen
on their web site. Not supposed to harm gun finishes or harm the holster. Seems to be popular!!

Chuck

[cubbyjg]

they tried to sell it to me when i was ordering a holster from them but i didnt buy it. I used a thin plastic bag around the pistol with great success.

[RockingRook]

they tried to sell it to me when i was ordering a holster from them but i didnt buy it. I used a thin plastic bag around the pistol with great success.

I have used the plastic bags, wax paper etc. Still a bit tight around muzzle area. I figure I can just use a bit of the stuff
deep inside the holster and after a while it will loosen up.

I have 6 holsters and this one is just a bit tighter than I like it.

Chuck

[cbunt1]

I've not used Rosen's "Leather Lightening" product, but I have used Galco's similar product "Draw-EZ."

The Draw-EZ goes on about like those black-magic thick silicone tire dressings, but doesn't absorb into the leather the same way. It's slicker than owl snot at first, and doesn't leave a residue on your gun (at least it didn't on my stainless guns).

My experience with it was that it's just fine. it makes the interior of the holster a little "slicker" but obviously doesn't stretch the leather at all. On a brand-new tight-fitting semi-custom holster, you may have either or both elements going on...the leather dressing will help with part of it, but there's no substitute for a slight stretch (putting the UNLOADED gun in a thick plastic bag, and putting the whole thing in the holster for a couple of days).

I keep a bottle of the draw-EZ around for occasional use. One of the shops close to me carries it, and another shop here in town carries the Rosen version...I wouldn't drive across town to pick up another bottle of either, but I'd pick up one if I happened to be there anyway, and remembered that my bottle is low...

Bottom line, it's good stuff, but most "new holster break-in" is about stretching to fit, not slickening the surfaces in my experience.

Don't know if my input really helps LOL

[RockingRook]

I've not used Rosen's "Leather Lightening" product, but I have used Galco's similar product "Draw-EZ."

The Draw-EZ goes on about like those black-magic thick silicone tire dressings, but doesn't absorb into the leather the same way. It's slicker than owl snot at first, and doesn't leave a residue on your gun (at least it didn't on my stainless guns).

My experience with it was that it's just fine. it makes the interior of the holster a little "slicker" but obviously doesn't stretch the leather at all. On a brand-new tight-fitting semi-custom holster, you may have either or both elements going on...the leather dressing will help with part of it, but there's no substitute for a slight stretch (putting the UNLOADED gun in a thick plastic bag, and putting the whole thing in the holster for a couple of days).

I keep a bottle of the draw-EZ around for occasional use. One of the shops close to me carries it, and another shop here in town carries the Rosen version...I wouldn't drive across town to pick up another bottle of either, but I'd pick up one if I happened to be there anyway, and remembered that my bottle is low...

Bottom line, it's good stuff, but most "new holster break-in" is about stretching to fit, not slickening the surfaces in my experience.

Don't know if my input really helps LOL

Thanks for your input. I ordered a bottle of the Leather Lightning. Yes, I use the plastic bag stretching technique but this one is just a bit
tight. I figure with a dab of the dressing and wearing the gun it should stretch out in time. When I got it was really tight but I
used 2 plastic bags and within a couple days I was wearing it for my daily carry. But, like I said, it still seems a bit tight around the muzzle.

Wearing the holster and drawing it will eventually break in and the addition of the leather lightning I can continue to wear it
while it finishes it's break in cycle.

Lately the weather has gone from warm to cold back to warm and this will continue. With the fronts passing through we have
been having a lot of warm, damp days. I notice it is on those damp days that the holster gets a bit stiff around the muzzle.
A little "slick" in the bottom third of the holster hopefully will do the trick. Beautiful holster BTW.

Chuck

[fm2]

I have had good luck with Leather Lightning.