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The Crossbreed Supertuck is a fine holster, and mine is my favorite holster for concealed carry. As I noted in my review of the holster though, the clips on the holster are rubbing against the leather causing a nasty squeak when I move about during the day. I’ve done some searches on the internet, and this appears to be a pretty common issue.
The first suggestion I found online was to rub body powder into the leather where the rubbing is happening, and this was supposed to eliminate the rubbing. I tried this, and in the beginning, it worked well, but needed to be re-applied every so often. After about a year of doing this though, it no longer works.
I posted up on my Facebook page asking for suggestions on how people are keeping their Crossbreed Supertuck from squeaking. The first suggestion was to treat the leather with a product with called “Lexol” which is a leather conditioner. I also fired an email off to Crossbreed asking for their suggestion, and they also suggested trying a leather conditioner.
I removed the clips tonight, and treated the entire piece of leather with the Lexol leather conditioner. I followed the instructions on the bottle and after about an hour I put the clips back on and took my dog for a walk, and the holster did still squeak, albeit not as much as before. I’m going to give it another treatment tomorrow, and I hope it will help.
The squeaking is coming from the front clip, where it rubs against the leather. If I were to tuck in my undershirt, I could eliminate the squeaking issue, however I’m not a tucker, as I feel it slows down my draw too much.
So, I’m asking you, my readers for suggestions on what I should try next to remedy the squeak. Throw them into the comments below, and I’ll try them.
Although I have yet to try it, I pondered the idea of coating the clips with the liquid plastic stuff to see how well it would work.
Funny you bring that up, I was just looking at that Plasti-dip stuff in a spray can.
This is the stuff I am thinking about.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid…
I can match the color of the belt clips to my belt. 🙂
I love my Crossbreed holster but the clips suck. Mine wears some comptac c-clips
Good call on the comptac clips. I bet the plastic clips wouldn't squeak either.
Try adding a little Frog Lube to the Leather and the clip.
Interesting idea. Not sure I want to soak the leather with that stuff though. I'm going to switch to the Comp-tac clips and see how that does first.
I’ve read that you can put a small piece of tape (electrical/duct tape/etc) on the leather behind the clip and/or on the clip itself to stop the squeaking.
I have four SuperTucks, and have had the same issue with every one. The simple solution: Get some heavy-duty velcro adhesive tape or pads from HomeDepot. Cut a piece from the loop (soft) side the exact size as the back of the metal clip. Once you apply this, it will never need replacing, it will not affect the holster in any way, and it will never squeak again. Not sure why Crossbreed doesn’t ship them this way in the first place.
Put a small felt washer behind the clip.
I’ve never had the problem with previous two Supertucks but recently I got one for my Bersa and opted for the horsehair. I didn’t squeek at first but now it does all the time.
Has anyone tried the leather conditioner they have for baseball gloves?
Did anyone try the Froglube?
Has Crossbreed weighed in on this?
The answer is putting a piece of black electrical tape on the back of the clip. I did it years ago and the squeaking stopped.