RangerClay Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I need to soften up a baseball glove for my little one. When I was a kid my dad used neatsfoot oil but the local hardware store didn't have that. Is there something new or more modern that you coaches are using today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I'm not a baseball coach but saddle soap would work or any kind of leather conditioner. I've heard shaving cream works too. You could also beat it with a rubber mallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I personally have used shaving cream too. It does work pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 You can buy a product that is a glove conditioner at most sports stores. Not sure of an exact name for it. Have always used that, put a baseball in the glove, and then tied a belt around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've heard of using shaving cream but I always used Rawlings glove oil on my baseball/softball gloves. It only costs a couple of bucks for a bottle. After using the conditioner I also use the trick of putting a ball in the glove and then putting a rubberband around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've done the ball in the glove trick & it helps. The best way to loosen it up, of course is to use it. Also continuously opening and closing it & beating it up is effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Like Rhine said, you can pick up glove oil anywhere gloves are sold. Its cheap and good for the leather. I'm coaching again this year for our 12 and under summer league. It's painful this year, we had to move some ten year olds up to make the team. 0-2 thus far, but we're hanging in there every game. Last night we were tied in the last inning 6-6 and my runner got threw out at first. Runner at first advanced to second. The 2nd baseman told her she had to go back, then tagged her when she stepped off, lol. I was livid. I can deal with kids that try, its the ones with attitudes that make you pull your hair out. Thank God my girls try out for school ball soon and we can get out of this junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Thanks everyone. I got some Rawlings glove oil at Walmart. This stuff is VERY thin, it seems more like water than oil but I will give it a try. Will I need to apply several coats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Thanks everyone. I got some Rawlings glove oil at Walmart. This stuff is VERY thin, it seems more like water than oil but I will give it a try. Will I need to apply several coats? Don't overdo it. It will make the glove too soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 any place that sells horse saddles & tack has neatsfoot oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 nokona makes the best stuff thats what we used in college, if you can't order it shavig cream works, also the oven works great too just dont over do it, softens it up real nice. Heres a link to wait we used in my college years Amazon.com: Nokona NLT Baseball Glove Conditioner: Sports & Outdoors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 As someone has already eluded to, saddlesoap is not only great for working in a glove, but it also helps to work it into the glove prior to every game to give the glove a little more grip. I always found that playing particularly in the infield put a lot of dust into the glove which made it extremely hard to keep a ball in the pocket. They would slip out on many instances. Keeping it wiped down with saddlesoap allowed to hold onto those borderline catches. I coached both boys and girls minor softballball and hardball for about 20 years and I always carried saddlesoap with me. TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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