breaking in a glove.

**boosting98** · 04-28-2009

alright, so i start softball next week! and i bought a new glove a few weeks ago 4 this year! i've been opening and closing it everyday. and have a softball rubber banded in it at all times! anybody have any good tips i can do to break it in more?

**justwhisen** · 04-28-2009

you mean other than treating it with a leather conditioner?

**boosting98** · 04-28-2009

yes sir.

**blueguy** · 04-28-2009

Does the old shaving creme trick still work?

**GTPluv** · 04-29-2009

Condition it then park your car tire on it all night. The next night, angle the glove differently (both open & closed) and park on it again. Hell, do it everynight.
Let us know how it goes.

**SlowM90** · 04-29-2009

I always put mine under my bed with a ball in it. Do you play coed?

**boosting98** · 04-29-2009

yeah! we have no women on our team tho! lol

**2000GTP** · 04-29-2009

they make this spray, i forget what its called but you acyually put it on the glove and bake it in the oven... works well

**dstout** · 04-29-2009

Originally Posted by 2000GTP

they make this spray, i forget what its called but you acyually put it on the glove and bake it in the oven... works well

That is exactly the stuff I was going to suggest in fact I went to find the can but I must have used it all last summer.
I bought it at Dick's it looks like shaving cream and works good I don't remember the name of it either.

**2000GTP** · 04-29-2009

Originally Posted by dstout

That is exactly the stuff I was going to suggest in fact I went to find the can but I must have used it all last summer.
I bought it at Dick's it looks like shaving cream and works good I don't remember the name of it either.

yeah, probably should just google it. Dont back over it with your car, it cracks the leather

**evol207girl** · 04-29-2009

When I played me and my dad used to bake it in the oven w that spray stuff treat it and back over it with the truck and leave a softball in it over night... the whole 9 yards

**SlowM90** · 04-29-2009

Originally Posted by boosting98

yeah! we have no women on our team tho! lol

lol! I play coed too! I LOVE it!! I played on our girls softball team in highschool..im glad they still allow us to play after we get outta school LOL

**justwhisen** · 04-30-2009

Originally Posted by dstout

That is exactly the stuff I was going to suggest in fact I went to find the can but I must have used it all last summer.
I bought it at Dick's it looks like shaving cream and works good I don't remember the name of it either.

could it be mink oil?

**black98gt** · 04-30-2009

Ive always done the over method with mine using the spray you can buy at dicks. Ive gotta go buy a new glove too, mine is warn out and i can feel every ball i catch, no padding left in the fingers or palm.

**dstout** · 04-30-2009

Originally Posted by justwhisen

could it be mink oil?

it could have some mink oil in it, it's a leather conditioner of some sort so it might

**2000GTP** · 04-30-2009

Originally Posted by black98gt

Ive always done the over method with mine using the spray you can buy at dicks. Ive gotta go buy a new glove too, mine is warn out and i can feel every ball i catch, no padding left in the fingers or palm.

ah me too, i dont play often at all, but when i do... and when the ball hits the fingers... ouch!