Monday, December 29, 2008

Keep your baseball gloves looking new and in great shape

Baseball gloves can last very long if care are taken of. Knowing some baseball glove care tips on how to keep your baseball gloves looking new and in great shape. Season gloves are always easy to wear and plays compare a branded new gloves. As brand new gloves are very dry and stiff. Use conditioners which can be brought from the sports shops and paste it on lanolin based instead of oils as oils will make your wet and heavy and harder to play in the field. Besides oils can clog the pores in the leather and this will eventually weaken the leather and make it spoil faster. If it is a new one condition it more often.

Before the play and once a while if left not in play inspect the gloves lacing and tighten any loose runs. After play clean it and rub it with some condition after two or three games to make the gloves soft. when playing in a muddy area always remember after the games wash the mud away and wash then leave it out in the sun to dry. Playing in hot weather conditioner after the games. Not in play store the baseball gloves in a place away from direct sun.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Tips of how to care our baseball gloves

Knowing some tips of how to care our baseball gloves is an advantage as seasons gloves are easily to play and wear when playing or catching the ball. if gloves is left to long under the hot sun or in a very hot area as the leathers of the baseball gloves then to break and tear that will cost you to get a new one if you wanted to played baseball again. If care is taken of it will last you many years to come and even you can pass it to your kids when they have grown up. Branded new gloves are not so nice to play as the gloves are usually dry and stiff.

When the gloves is not in play, place it it in a cool area and use a kind of oil that can be purchase from sports shops and rub it on the leather and the edges. Do not used other kinds of oils as it will make your baseball gloves worse. Inspect the gloves lacing and loosen or the tighten.

During playing when the baseball get muddy or wet, The first place get the mud our and dry the gloves and after that apply conditioner to the gloves. Always keep the laces snug and if the laces is broken fixed it right away.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Ways to season you new baseball glove

Baseball is one of the American favorite sports and was played very long time ago before the first baseball gloves was invented in the early 1870, with the motive of protecting our palms when catching the balls. Before most players has to catch the ball with its bare hand results in bruised to their palms. The first baseball gloves was made of leather that was sewn together by hands from scraps of leathers. Today baseball gloves are made of high quality leather with many design and size that fixed properly to ones players hands and the position their are playing.

All new baseball gloves are stiff and need to be rub with a kinds of oil to made the baseball gloves season. When the baseball is not in used it must be wrap up in a towel and kept away from hot sun. The best ways to season the baseball gloves is to wear and play often when catching the ball with your baseball gloves. The most popular baseball gloves comes from Rawing, Nike and Mizuno. Many new players would prefer to buy second hand baseball gloves as there are already season and the cost is much cheaper.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

ways to soften your baseball gloves

When buying a new baseball gloves is always the same problem as it don't fit perfectly at the beginning and the leather tend to be harder or stiff, making it difficult to grab or get a proper grip. Using your base ball gloves more frequently will make the leather soften. Most baseball will used products such as Vaseline milk oil, oils, lotion or even soap to soften the baseball gloves.

Rub your baseball gloves more often, if its new one with apply a small amount of oil on the leather gloves and it with soft cloth and then left it dry in a dry area. Never soak your baseball gloves in water as the gloves will get damage faster.