Care and Maintenance

Heat: Be aware that heat can deform your holster quite quickly. Do not ever heat your holster in an oven to try to reshape it. Do not leave it on your dashboard or under a glass enclosed area with direct sunlight. When washing your holster, do not use water over 100 degrees. Do not ever set your holster on a heater or radiator or other hot surface as it can discolor or deform your holster. Note that even if you leave your pistol inside the holster, the simple act of heating the holster will cause the KYDEX®™ to move away from key surfaces and potentially become unusable.

Washing your KYDEX®™ holster KYDEX®™ has a number of distinct advantages over leather or soft synthetics: it can be washed. Washing your holster is the most important thing you can do to reduce damage to your pistol's finish over time. When carrying your pistol, and especially while training, it is likely that dirt and grit can get into your holster. KYDEX®™ is much softer than the finish on your pistol, but bits of dirt, dust, and sand are not. Thankfully, washing your holster is easy. Simply run it under lukewarm water and use a mild detergent to clean the inside and/or outside. After washing, dry, with special attention to drying any steel hardware to prevent rust and apply a thin layer of oil. You may wish to disassemble any such hardware to ensure it dries completely to reduce corrosion issues. Do not wash under hot water, as this is likely to deform your holster.

Tightening or securing hardware Your KYDEX®™ holster has a hardware that is used to hold the holster together, secure attachments, or adjust retention. The eyelets on your holster are brass, so we don't need to worry about those too much. It is the screws with barrels that we need to worry about. These things have a way of slowly backing out over time, ultimately falling out and getting lost. It is important to periodically check the tightness and re-tighten as appropriate. This can be done with common hand tools. If you are experiencing this issue and do not need to remove or adjust the screws in the future, you can use thread locker or even a dab of nail polish on the threads to help keep them from backing out. We use rubber spacers in many places on your holster; do not remove these because these also help maintain tension on the screws to reduce the amount they back out over time. We use thread locker on belt loop screws but not on retention screws, to allow user to adjust retention to their liking. It is recommended for end user to add thread locker or nail polish before setting retention.