Wet Moulded Pouch Advice

[Totumpole]

I have a we moulded belt pouch thats a good 18 months old now and starting to soften in places.
My question is - is there any way to firm it up again? I dont know how it was treated initially, but was thinking maybe melting in some bees wax.
Thanks in advance for all the advice.

 

[Totumpole]

Bumpety bump, someone must know

 

[John Fenna]

as I said in Man of Taniths thread....
I find a 50/50 beeswax/parafin wax mix gives almost armour-like stiffness to even quite floppy leather.
If you cannot dip the leather in the mix melt the wax in a stainless mug inside a stainless bowl of water and paint it on the leather using a disposable paintbrush. If the leather is carefully warmed - ie with a hairdryer or hot air gun - the wax will penetrate better. If the wax sits on the surface of the leather warm it into the leather with a hairdryer/hot air gun.
Do not over heat the leather or it will shrivel up like pork cracking!
If the leather has a finish you want to keep just wax the rough side or inside of a pouch and hope that the wax does not go all the way through the leather!

 

[Totumpole]

Cheers John, sounds like a good plan