How to Mold, Dye, and Finish an EDC Leather Flatpak Holster Kit

How to Mold, Dye, and Finish an EDC Leather Flatpak Holster Kit | Tutorial

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3 жыл бұрын

Here is the video yall have been waiting for! How to Mold, Dye, and Finish a Flatpak Holster Kit. Hope this helps all the new people who have either purchased Flatpaks or are considering purchasing know what they are getting into.
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Пікірлер: 74

@jaredpeterson380 3 күн бұрын

Very nice. What I find fascinating is the beautiful work on so many channels and every one of them uses a different method.

@johnnymoya8541 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you for all of the helpful tips.

@travouslucas2175 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid guys!

@nerdsofthefist 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff. Good luck with that unicorn.

@EDCLeather 2 ай бұрын

I got my Unicorn!!!!

@luke213gmail 3 жыл бұрын

Good job guys!

@larryjenkins9123 3 жыл бұрын

Excited go get mine and try it. Hopefully I can figure it out and add a leather line to my kydex page. Thanks for the phone call today and helping me out!! I appreciate you

@davidpeterson4111 3 жыл бұрын

Great video very great information. The product is a great help when you get behind on orders. It is very great quality and easy to use

@JJ-gd7gf Жыл бұрын

Great tips to take your holster fitting process to the next level. I picked up an inexpensive generic holster at a yard sale and I'm using your video as a guide to shape it. This is the first time I've seen the wax paper trick so it'll be used from now on. Thanks for sharing knowledge!

@PrepperStateofMind 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video. New to this but just learn much.

@EDCLeather 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful. We also have a video coming out soon talking about how to take one of our printable patterns and get it up to the stage of a flatpak.

@vicwojcik9125 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Wax Paper tip!

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

@richardlawton1023 Жыл бұрын

Super video. Thanks

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

Thank you brother, check out the newest one on bluegun choices

@scottkarr3517 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff guys! 👊

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@AAguilar74 3 жыл бұрын

Just ordered mine.

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Brian-hx9wy Жыл бұрын

never seen a holster done with that press before. very interesting and helpful, if I had one lol great video!

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

It's a great tool for sure. It really helps save your hands when doing a lot of molding in one night.

@SashaHess 11 ай бұрын

@@EDCLeatherhow many tons is the press?

@BenyaminMentchale 5 ай бұрын

Very nice

@G56AG 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very familiar with water based acrylic finishes, you said not to dilute it, and that is correct because that finish is mainly acrylic solids diluted in water, with a small amount of colloidal silica and ammonium hydroxide mixed in. Angelus doesn't disclose the percentage of acrylic solids in their finish, a guess might be around 18-20%, the rest is mainly water. Very interesting video. The content of colloidal silica and ammonium hydroxide is from Angelus MSDS sheet.

@bruceevans8837 3 жыл бұрын

I followed your advice wet molding a knife sheath recently it was very helpful, thanks. I just ordered a flat for my Hellcat from your store and am wondering if you are goingto make generic magazine flat packs maybe? Thanks again and look forward to personalizing my holster, you guys are great.

@EDCLeather 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bruce! We posted a new pattern for mags on the website

@alamedacustomholsters 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, on the dye, sealer, can you reuse the dye, sealer? Also Quick Draw is a lube Kydex guys use, it’s great for leather according to the manufacturer. 👊

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

You can absolutely continue to use the dye and sealer

@iamnoone. Жыл бұрын

My dad always had a pack of pall mall in his shirt pocket

@susantipsyhealy7655 2 жыл бұрын

Order your rubber in 12x24” and than cut the two in half to get your 4 pieces. A lot cheaper

@devindarwin9878 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video George! Hey what thickness leather is it on your flatpacks?

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

2 pieces cut from 8 oz, so 16 oz in total.

@marianogarcia8639 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I wanted to ask you where to get the 2” rubber you use for the press. Thank you

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

We use 4 1" thick 12"x12" natural gum rubber sheets. 2 sheets on top and 2 sheets on the bottom. Heres a link to where we got ours: www.zoro.com/e-james-rubber-sheet-gum-1thick-12x12-40a-387-1a/i/G0303064/

@marianogarcia8639 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much appreciate it

@jroo432 Жыл бұрын

I’m curious to what you use for your sight channel ? It looked like a modified pen but I wasn’t sure, not much luck looking online!

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

Yep it is just a pen shaft with a small channel cut out of it enough to slide over a front sight post. You can also modify an AR charging handle to work as well, but the pens are cheaper.

@jroo432 Жыл бұрын

@@EDCLeather pens are much cheaper! Thanks for quick response, time to get back to building my holster!

@davidbravo3803 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Quick question, can you use neatsfoot oil in that process or is it not recommended?

@EDCLeather 2 жыл бұрын

We do not recommend using any oil on retention holsters. Our goal is to make the leather as hard as possible, not to soften it.

@davidbravo3803 2 жыл бұрын

@@EDCLeather Ok great! Thank you!

@spstrock 3 жыл бұрын

Great video - Thank you!!!! Just curious as to where you source your horsehair buffing wheels from? I have all the other parts awaiting assembly. Thank you, Stephen - Smooooth Creations

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

Amazon, I think the company was pilgrim ahie supply

@spstrock 3 жыл бұрын

@@EDCLeather Hmmmmm........ No luck so far.

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

8 inch horsehair buffing wheel

@EDCLeather 3 жыл бұрын

www.shoesystemsplus.com/Polishing-Waxing-Brushes_c_124.html

@spstrock 3 жыл бұрын

@@EDCLeather Perfect - Thank you

@normcrew4125 Жыл бұрын

"Let's let this cure and see what we get." is the statement made after the finish was applied to the holster. That indicates to me that the finish was allowed to dry on its own. However in the belt slot video, the statement was made that the acrylic finish on the leather came out of a hot box to be burnished and would be returned to that box to complete the finish curing process. Why isn't the curing hot box shown or explained so the proper finish can be obtained?

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

The hot box simply speeds up the drying process. It will dry by itself in room temp as well, but it will take a little longer. The hot boxes are just old cabinets that we put lizard heater lamps in with a temperature control box to make sure it doesn't get too hot inside. Hope that helps.

@normcrew4125 Жыл бұрын

@@EDCLeather I've had acrylic finishes that peeled. So all information helps. Thanks.

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

@@normcrew4125 using a high quality acrylic finish is critical, we use Angelus Acrylic finishes, you need to insure that they have not been frozen, you will see people suggest to cut the acrylic with water, this is usually the case when we hear of acrylic peeling. look at the video on our channel on molding, dyeing and finishing a flatpak holster for a demonstration of acrylic sealing

@scottgreear4591 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a link for 1 gal resolute or sealer in satin? I bought the Glock 26 pattern. Nice fit. Just need horse hair brushing and dye and finish

@scottgreear4591 Жыл бұрын

BTW I purchased a Glock 26 pattern from you guys. Tight fit looks good feels good. Just need to dye and finish.

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

We purchase ours from Springfield leather company

@cwickgo9 Жыл бұрын

What tool did you use to make the sight channel when you were wet molding?

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

You can cut down a bic pen for one, or, use an AR charging handle

@gregwoods2147 9 ай бұрын

Shoot been diluting resolean since 1989!

@chaoticdesignstexas Жыл бұрын

George where do you get the polishing wheels from?

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

horse hair buffing wheels are available from landis usa also from campbell-randall, expect 60 to 80 for cost. be advised, use one wheel for brown and one wheel for black, DONT CROSS THE STREAMS! It can cause the apocalypse

@EDCLeather Жыл бұрын

also, horsehair buffing wheel searched on amazon will returen a SIGNI horsehair wheel, we got a bolt on chuck for the drill press and have these as well