Baby powder worked for me.
The belt itself squeaks? Or, your holster/belt combination squeaks? Seems hard to believe that a belt just wrapped around your waist is going to be rubbing against anything such that it would be noisy.I just got this sweet gun belt ... but the thing squeaks with every step I take.
Sorry, should have elaborated. I know for certain that it is the belt and not my carry rig. So you loop the belt around and tighten it down and then loop it through the leather loop that comes on almost all leather belts. THAT is the part that squeaks. It's the leather to leather contact when the belt itself is looped through the the "loop" already on the belt.The belt itself squeaks? Or, your holster/belt combination squeaks? Seems hard to believe that a belt just wrapped around your waist is going to be rubbing against anything such that it would be noisy.
Or, perhaps, if really speaking of the holster/gun combination, could it be that this new belt is so much stiffer than your prior belt that it has contorted the holster sufficiently to cause the different pieces of the holster to start rubbing against one another despite the stitching? If this is true, then the solution should include investment in a better holster.
Data point: I've never had any belt squeak like that on its own. I've had a few holsters do so, and one low-end, badly-sewn holster tug at itself while strapped onto an uber-stiff Kramer belt. Other than a couple of new-holster blues where they squeaked until they broke in properly, I've never been able to trace it down to the belt doing the squeaking, and this is through a half dozen belts and a few dozen holsters over 20+ years.
It can make you loopy.Sorry, should have elaborated. I know for certain that it is the belt and not my carry rig. So you loop the belt around and tighten it down and then loop it through the leather loop that comes on almost all leather belts. THAT is the part that squeaks. It's the leather to leather contact when the belt itself is looped through the the "loop" already on the belt.
I just reread everything... used the word loop a lot ha
Did you ever wonder how they get the oil from a mink? Inquiring minds ask these questions. :wink:Leather conditioner or mink oil. Be sure to get it inside the leather loop. Mink Oil will do the same thing as vaseline but it is better for the leather--not a petroleum product.
Easy. You sqeeze it through cheese cloth.Did you ever wonder how they get the oil from a mink? Inquiring minds ask these questions. :wink:
Look into some of the other threads on this. There are several. Lots of tips that will help you. You need to fix the squeak.