Comments on How to Break In a Leather Baseball Glove

Get a softball and a baseball, put the softball at the top and the baseball at the bottom. A belt is a very good help. Put the belt on very tight. Over night put it under the mattress so in the morning it's good for a game.

The best way to break in a glove is to play catch. If you sit on it, or sleep on it, or drive over it, it will become flat and not in the shape of a ball. Be patient and play lots of catch.

I use Hubbard's shoe grease on my gloves and it works great. It's designed to condition heavy leather work boots and it provides some protection from moisture should your glove get wet. It can be found just about anywhere work boots are sold or repaired.

Oil your glove inside only. Then sit on it for awhile. Flip it over and sit on it some more.

I read the ingredients on a jar of Bag Balm and read that it has a lanolin base. I rubbed some in my glove, stuck a ball in the pocket, put it under my mattress, and the next morning it worked like a charm.

Soak the glove in hot water. Place 2 softballs in the mitt. Wrap a towel or 2 around the love and tie it up. Leave it to dry by itself (no additional heat sources), it may take some time. When dry, play catch with the glove for a while. Use a glove conditioner (sparingly) on the palm of the glove only. You can also use shaving gel with aloe or lanolin. This takes a while to get done, most high caliper players have 2 gloves in their bag, this will give you the time in season. Always wrap the glove with a couple of balls in the palm when it is not in use. This helps the glove keep its shape. After the initial soaking, you should try to keep the glove dry.

My first tip is not to use shaving cream or any other formula not specifically made for glove conditioning. Go to your local sports store and pick up glove conditioner (preferably foam since oil makes gloves heavy and stained). Then tighten the strings on the glove by hand or with a leather tool(focus mainly on the finger strings) this will give you more support and make it easier to close your glove. Then follow the glove conditioning instructions.

For decades we as a family have played baseball or softball and when we would break in a new mitt, it would not require any specialized oils or conditioners. Simply rub some Vaseline in the pocket, the webbing and all areas where your mitt will crease. Place a ball deep in the pocket and wrap the glove tight for a day or two and - play ball!

Put on the glove as you normally would, then beat the pocket of the glove until it has molded onto the palm of your hand. Stick in a finger to pop out the center, then continue beating again.

Saddle soap your glove with a good quality tack soap applied by using a shoe polish applicator. Wipe off excess soap with a rag. Apply a heavy coat of petroleum jelly. Wipe off excess jelly. Place a ball in the pocket and tie glove together with a belt.

After you put the shaving cream or whatever in your glove, you put it under your mattress. That's what all my friends told me!

Do not use water at all. Water weighs down your glove. Instead, oil your glove and let it try outside on a hot day.

You shouldn't use oil on a real leather mitt because when the oil is in the glove it will rot away the leather. The best way is to play a good game of catch.

I work for the Louisville slugger company and the only real way to break in a mitt is to put tons of oil in it. Put it in the fingers, too, and then put a ball in it and wrap it in a towel with rubber bands on it.

To break in your leather baseball glove, open and close it a LOT! You can do this in the car, in the office, or at home.

Don't run it over with a car or put it under your mattress. Just use shaving foam. Work it in the glove. Put a baseball in the pocket; wrap it w/Ace bandage for 24 hrs and play catch for 10-20 min then repeat until broken in. Use oil at end of the season.

If you want to actually keep your glove for more than a month, don't run it over with a car, don't sleep or sit on it, and don't hit it with a baseball bat. The best way to break a glove in is to play as much catch as you can and use oils sparingly.

Put a ball in your glove and wrap elastics, string, a sock, or whatever around the glove to form the ball to the pocket. Put the glove in the freezer overnight. This will form the pocket perfectly!!

For decades we as a family have played baseball or softball and when we would break in a new mitt, it would not require any specialized oils or conditioners. Simply rub some Vaseline in the pocket, the webbing and all areas where your mitt will crease. Place a ball deep in the pocket and wrap the glove tight for a day or two and - play ball!

I work for the Louisville slugger company and the only real way to break in a mitt is to put tons of oil in it. Put it in the fingers, too, and then put a ball in it and wrap it in a towel with rubber bands on it.

The baseball/rubber band trick, but rather than putting the glove under the mattress, wrap it in a towel and run over it a couple of times with your car flipping the glove over between trips.

Take shaving cream, leather lube or glove oil and rub it all over the glove. Then put your glove in the microwave for about 1 minute.

Get a softball and a baseball, put the softball at the top and the baseball at the bottom. A belt is a very good help. Put the belt on very tight. Over night put it under the mattress so in the morning it's good for a game.

Always play catch when breaking in a new glove. It is the fastest and most enjoyable way. Don't hit it with a bat or drive over it with a car. To make it last longer, play catch.

Sparingly rub cooking oil on your glove, and place the glove in the oven on very low heat for just a few minutes. Take it out and work it a little by twisting and bending it.