How to Tighten Credit Card Slots in Wallet
Cards are falling out of wallet. Let’s tighten card slots in wallet with simple trick.
Normally, card slots in your wallet get loose after a long period of use especially when the wallet is a leather wallet. Many times the card slots are found loose in a new wallet.
When your card slots are loose, it is risky as cards may fall out of your wallet. So you must shrink your card slots to keep your credit card from falling out of your wallet.
Here, I’ll be sharing a trick to tighten credit card slots in your leather wallet. Let’s see the trick without more wasting time.
How to Tighten Credit Card Slots in Wallet
To tighten credit card slots in your wallet, empty your wallet and clean every corner of the slots with a toothpick or cotton bud. Soak the wallet in lukewarm water for 10 minutes and dry it in sunlight to make it tighten.
The main reason why cards fall out from the wallet that is wallets loosen card slots. And to stop cards from falling out of your wallet you have to tighten your wallet card slots. And now in this part of this article, I will tell you step by step how to tighten wallet credit card slots.
Step 1: Clean Every Corner of Pockets and Slots
First, empty your whole wallet as you have to clean it. It is the main part of making your wallet card slots tighten. When the corners of slots are filled with dust or unnecessary paper pieces, slots become loose to hold cards.
So clean every corner carefully. You can use a toothpick or cotton buds to clean properly.
You better also clean the external part of the wallet with a leather cleaner. If you don’t have a leather cleaner you can use, dishwashing liquid.
Step 2: Soak the Wallet in Lukewarm Water
After cleaning the wallet you have to soak the whole wallet in lukewarm water (temperature from 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit).
Take some lukewarm water in a small bowl so that the wallet may sink in the water. Just leave the wallet in the bowl. You don’t need to unfold it.
Leave it for 8 to 10 minutes. Heat shrinks leather so hot water will make it soft and shrink.
Step 3: Let It Dry
Take the wallet out of the water and dry it with a towel first. Then keep it under direct sunlight unfolded until it gets fully dry.
Don’t keep it in sunlight for too long as overheating will cause the leather to become hard.
Soaking and drying in sunlight will make your wallet shrink a little. But you can tighten more if you want. How?
Well, use a Hair Dryer to shrink and tighten more. Use the dryer depending on how tight you want to make the wallet. Heat makes leather shrink and hard. So be careful of using it for too long.
Step 4: Soften the Wallet with Conditioner
Use a good leather conditioner to make the wallet soft and shiny. Conditioning will protect your wallet from cracking. You can use conditioner a minimum of 1 time in a month to keep it in good health.
After drying your wallet you have to condition your leather wallet to keep its health perfect. Conditioning your leather wallet regularly will make your wallet soft, and shiny, and give it a brand-new look. Also, you can keep your leather wallet from cracking, moulding, and peeling by using a good leather conditioner.
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Bottom Line
This is everything you need to do to tighten the pockets and card slots of your wallet. Please keep in mind that the trick is only for a leather wallet. For any other material, don’t follow this trick.
I hope you’ve found the solution to the problem of the card slot being loose. See you in the next article.
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