Nice vid. I would also recommend using distilled water. Not every part of the country has the same water and you don't want to risk dissolved minerals leaving marks or discoloring your leather. So take the extra time to buy a jug of distilled water.
Hey Guys. I tried out the hot water break-in last night. I was pretty happy with it as far as forming went. I think I got the thumb and pinky too wet and they took longer than the rest of the glove to dry and now there is a water line in my palm and the back side of the thumb. I was thinking about redoing the water tonight and trying to get more of an even dry. I am going to be messing anything up to hit it with the water again?
If your playing any infield position, You want a shallow pocket in the glove to release the ball faster if you playing the outfield then a deeper pocket is needed etc.
Aso uses hot water from the tap and pours it over the glove with a cup for accuracy, avoiding the inner glove. He then pounds it and stretches the living shit out of it. Then he recommends playing catch to naturally form the pocket and to form to the hand and fingers. Ultimately he recommends that one just plays catch but this method speeds up the breaking in process.
Rawling Glove breaker Specifically said to not use heat/ovens/water with their specific gloves as it will cause issues in long term care and maintenance of the gloves. Maybe you should have just watched Rawlings video for yourself and tried to be an instant professional of something that you have only done a couple of times in your life. They are called professionals for a reason. The very first step is to work the crease from the palm to the pocket. What your doing will work but the glove will lighten up and fall over like a pancaked glove. The goal is to break it in so the pinky and thumb come together even.Then after working in the glove for a while it’s time to get her oiled and conditioned for the pocket with thick wide rubber bands for 24 hrs undo it play catch for an hour or two then mallet the crap out of the creases and pockets already developed. Wash rinse repeat every except Re-Applying oil/lanolin/conditioner
I felt incredible remorse for your beautiful leather glove after watching that. Yes, this method does work, but you didn’t condition the glove after the hot water leached all the oil out of it. You can do this, but make sure you condition the leather with a lanolin rich conditioner afterwards
Rawlings Glovolium -Glove Oil-It’s a bit of a misnomer because the glove oil is both an oil (Lanolin) and a mixture of non toxic cleaners,emollients,emulsions,conditioners
Rawlings specifically says heat/oven is a clear no no with their gloves due to long term issues with leather degradation due to lack of moisture. It’s just like our skin and it constantly needs moisture to stay flexible and tough.
No one fall for this. It works but it damages the laces and causes the leather to become plastic like. I did this to my catchers mitt and after a few months I had to re-lace it.
hot water is not the best way to form and break in a glove. it weakens the leather and just is getting your glove moldy. yes it has happens quiet often.
Not if you dry it right away like they did. Water will not hurt a (high quality) leather glove IF (notice I said if) you dry it promptly. Leave it wet like that, stuff it away in a bag etc. and you are guaranteed to get mold. If you think the leather is a little dry after the treatment, then apply your favorite glove conditioner (which you should already have if own a $200+ glove).
If done properly it will break in a glove faster. Still not a huge fan. I have an HOH with dual welting as the only one I broke in this way and it puckered the leather in between the welting. It was my third line infield glove and is now my second.
Don't do the hot water treatment! it completely ruins your glove you never want to soak water into a leather glove. it is just going to make it heavier and not even help it.
Incorrect. Hot water will loosen the leather and let it form healthier than glove oil or other methods. Cold water is unhealthy for leather and will ruin it.
Not if you dry it right away like they did. Water will not hurt a (high quality) leather glove IF (notice I said if) you dry it promptly. Leave it wet like that, stuff it away in a bag etc. and you are guaranteed to get mold. If you think the leather is a little dry after the treatment, then apply your favorite glove conditioner (which you should already have if own a $200+ glove).
I'm not sure if you still reply to comments on this, but would you recommend this on an A2000 with the super snake skin? I have an altuve model and I need to do this before the season starts.
Get some Wilson or Nakona glove conditioner. Get a mallet and beat it. Play catch. Play catch or couch catch with a weighted baseball you can get a set of 3 weighted baseballs on Amazon for cheap I think they are 10 11 12oz blue yellow and black. Watch what Aso does in his videos when pounding the glove. Good luck! www.amazon.com/Champro-Weighted-Training-Baseball-Yellow/dp/B004HH7DBG
The title is misleading. It should say: How to completely ruin a brand new glove. Also, this video would be better if you didn't talk. At all. My heart of the hide broke in just fine without hot water. Mallet work, playing catch and keeping a ball wrapped up in it when I'm not using it.
Aso is a soccer player?? What?? Shigeaki Aso is a Glove Guru for the Wilson company, who actually invented and mastered the hot water break in you are describing here... Aso is a master glove builder/designer who has tested and recommended the best materials for professional baseball all around the world... many of his products are used in the MLB, the Japanese Pro League and many others. Basically, you are using HIS methodology (with some variations based on YOUR taste). But I mean, saying he's a soccer player... come on!
You can use hoot water on catcher glove ? Cuz a bought a new one but idk what to do with it , my coach told me that first o gotta make a packet but nothing else
Bro here’s y it’s a bad treatment. The hot water is ruining the laces. They will shrivel up later in You career with the glove. The laces shrivel. Good vid tho
The only thing your doing is teaching people how to ruin there $300 dollar glove so they have to go buy a new one next year. This is the absolute worst fucking thing you can do to a leather baseball glove. DO NOT DO THIS TO YOUR BRAND NEW GLOVE YOU JUST SOENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON YOU WILL RUIN IT INSTINTLY!!!
theglovebros logic would be kids not making a poor "how to" video about breaking in a glove and taking so long on explaining how to pour water on the glove. I wasn't trying to troll you but if it hurt your feelings the develop thicker skin.
Sometimes I wonder if these guys just collect GLOVES but suck at BASEBALL😂😂😂
Nice vid. I would also recommend using distilled water. Not every part of the country has the same water and you don't want to risk dissolved minerals leaving marks or discoloring your leather. So take the extra time to buy a jug of distilled water.
Love drying out after a good pounding.
Context is vital, my friend.
Nakona or Wilson glove conditioner will do the same thing naturally without issues. It will make the leather soft and stretchable. Then beat it!!
Hey Guys. I tried out the hot water break-in last night. I was pretty happy with it as far as forming went. I think I got the thumb and pinky too wet and they took longer than the rest of the glove to dry and now there is a water line in my palm and the back side of the thumb. I was thinking about redoing the water tonight and trying to get more of an even dry. I am going to be messing anything up to hit it with the water again?
troyp33 let it dry all the way out first
I was going to let it dry all day today, Do you think the water line will just go away?
troyp33 it should
Nice job you just ruined your glove.!!!!!
If your playing any infield position, You want a shallow pocket in the glove to release the ball faster if you playing the outfield then a deeper pocket is needed etc.
Aso uses hot water from the tap and pours it over the glove with a cup for accuracy, avoiding the inner glove. He then pounds it and stretches the living shit out of it. Then he recommends playing catch to naturally form the pocket and to form to the hand and fingers. Ultimately he recommends that one just plays catch but this method speeds up the breaking in process.
Rawling Glove breaker Specifically said to not use heat/ovens/water with their specific gloves as it will cause issues in long term care and maintenance of the gloves.
Maybe you should have just watched Rawlings video for yourself and tried to be an instant professional of something that you have only done a couple of times in your life. They are called professionals for a reason.
The very first step is to work the crease from the palm to the pocket. What your doing will work but the glove will lighten up and fall over like a pancaked glove. The goal is to break it in so the pinky and thumb come together even.Then after working in the glove for a while it’s time to get her oiled and conditioned for the pocket with thick wide rubber bands for 24 hrs undo it play catch for an hour or two then mallet the crap out of the creases and pockets already developed. Wash rinse repeat every except Re-Applying oil/lanolin/conditioner
There shouldn't be steam coming out, or that much. And 90 degrees WITH a blow dryer is just as bad as putting it in the oven or microwave
Buy snow seal and cover it slightly and set in oven on warm for 10 min sessions 2 to 5 times and then your done it's food In a day
You do not want to use any Boiling warter it will ruein the leather 150- 160 thats enough etc.
I felt incredible remorse for your beautiful leather glove after watching that. Yes, this method does work, but you didn’t condition the glove after the hot water leached all the oil out of it. You can do this, but make sure you condition the leather with a lanolin rich conditioner afterwards
pure oil - I was told, is what you want - not conditioner
Rawlings Glovolium -Glove Oil-It’s a bit of a misnomer because the glove oil is both an oil (Lanolin) and a mixture of non toxic cleaners,emollients,emulsions,conditioners
Rawlings specifically says heat/oven is a clear no no with their gloves due to long term issues with leather degradation due to lack of moisture. It’s just like our skin and it constantly needs moisture to stay flexible and tough.
No one fall for this. It works but it damages the laces and causes the leather to become plastic like. I did this to my catchers mitt and after a few months I had to re-lace it.
So don’t use water
Aso a soccer player? 🤦🏻♂️
He was joking lmao
hot water is not the best way to form and break in a glove. it weakens the leather and just is getting your glove moldy. yes it has happens quiet often.
Not if you dry it right away like they did. Water will not hurt a (high quality) leather glove IF (notice I said if) you dry it promptly. Leave it wet like that, stuff it away in a bag etc. and you are guaranteed to get mold. If you think the leather is a little dry after the treatment, then apply your favorite glove conditioner (which you should already have if own a $200+ glove).
If done properly it will break in a glove faster. Still not a huge fan. I have an HOH with dual welting as the only one I broke in this way and it puckered the leather in between the welting.
It was my third line infield glove and is now my second.
Don't do the hot water treatment! it completely ruins your glove you never want to soak water into a leather glove. it is just going to make it heavier and not even help it.
Beast Mode thats so wrong
Incorrect. Hot water will loosen the leather and let it form healthier than glove oil or other methods. Cold water is unhealthy for leather and will ruin it.
Aso is the one who makes the Wilson gloves
Oh ya clearly no one knew that. Thanks!!!
Jk
No worries about drying out the leather? Mold?
Not if you dry it right away like they did. Water will not hurt a (high quality) leather glove IF (notice I said if) you dry it promptly. Leave it wet like that, stuff it away in a bag etc. and you are guaranteed to get mold. If you think the leather is a little dry after the treatment, then apply your favorite glove conditioner (which you should already have if own a $200+ glove).
Are you kidding me what happened to play catch and putting in work on the baseball field
Richard Gallardo, this is for lazy people
They don’t play baseball
I'm not sure if you still reply to comments on this, but would you recommend this on an A2000 with the super snake skin? I have an altuve model and I need to do this before the season starts.
Did you try it?
If outside drying in the sun, are there chances that the leather would crack? If I did that to my Muay Thai gloves, they'd be destroyed
The Glove guy at Wilsons breaks all the gloves in this way check it out on youtube etc.
Aso does look french🤣🤣🤣
andrew_ becker6 he’s the glove god
How long do you hit the glove with the mallet before drying
81 times but look out for kriesses like he said
Is hot water ok for an A2000 superskin?
Obvi
Is it okay to use the hot water treatment on an A2000 with the snakeskin?
+Tyler Barrett yes
Idk what to do I tried this and it didn’t work I had my glove for over a year and it’s still not broken in
Get some Wilson or Nakona glove conditioner. Get a mallet and beat it. Play catch. Play catch or couch catch with a weighted baseball you can get a set of 3 weighted baseballs on Amazon for cheap I think they are 10 11 12oz blue yellow and black. Watch what Aso does in his videos when pounding the glove. Good luck!
www.amazon.com/Champro-Weighted-Training-Baseball-Yellow/dp/B004HH7DBG
It broken in yet?😂
Most of the time I just use a baseball
“Who’s also?” “He’s a soccer player from France”💀💀
Aso is the creator of Wilson baseball gloves
Whereabouts in NJ are you??
What it be safe to do the hot water treatment on a red and blue 44 pro
Borderline Baseball yes
Borderline Baseball just let it dry naturally
David Beck ok thanks
Yes
44 suggests not to do hot water with their gloves and it could ruin the glove
Awesome tutorial! Keep these up!
4:57 alright guys so after a good pounding umm now we're back to show you guys how to dry it off
Flex Seal™ 😂
I did this and it worked perfect keep up the cool content
Hey glove bro, is this method safe to do on a black pro preferred
+troyp33 yes
Awesome video!!!!
I just put a yellow softball in the net and leave it under my truck tire lol
Kevin White that's a shame
That’s how you ruin it
Can you condition a glove with snake skin
The title is misleading. It should say: How to completely ruin a brand new glove. Also, this video would be better if you didn't talk. At all. My heart of the hide broke in just fine without hot water. Mallet work, playing catch and keeping a ball wrapped up in it when I'm not using it.
Glove?
Aso is a soccer player?? What?? Shigeaki Aso is a Glove Guru for the Wilson company, who actually invented and mastered the hot water break in you are describing here... Aso is a master glove builder/designer who has tested and recommended the best materials for professional baseball all around the world... many of his products are used in the MLB, the Japanese Pro League and many others. Basically, you are using HIS methodology (with some variations based on YOUR taste). But I mean, saying he's a soccer player... come on!
Aso is not a soccer player. He works with Wilson and is really good at breaking in gloves
I think that was a joke.
Water built up in two spots after pouring the water on and left dark spots can this be reversed
+Peyton Schroeder let it dry out
Theglovebros Ok, thank you love the vids
Keep these tutorials
R.I.P Glove
you should do a turorial on how to make the home made mallet bc im not about to spent 20$ for a piece of wood
Brouwer Boy we can do that
Put a baseball in a lock sock, then get a zip tie and use it just like a Malloy
did marco do the hot water with his custom?
Josh Combs yes
theglove bros you should post an update or vid on it
What glove is that
How did you make the mallet
+Juicy Facz tape a ball to a piece of wood
Buy it at any hardware store
You can use hoot water on catcher glove ? Cuz a bought a new one but idk what to do with it , my coach told me that first o gotta make a packet but nothing else
Kr los you can use it for catchers gloves
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS GUY!!!! You will destroy your glove!!!!
+Michael a how lol
Just subed !!
"We sure as hell are gonna try" love this
I tried it and it worked good
They should have put the glove in there hand while drying
the girl's interjecting comments are annoying
Bro here’s y it’s a bad treatment. The hot water is ruining the laces. They will shrivel up later in You career with the glove. The laces shrivel. Good vid tho
Does the hot water mess with lighter colored gloves?
Josh Kim no not as long as it dries correctly
Did it work I have a very light glove so I’m hesitant
could you guys do a two piece web relace tutorial
Andrew Becker I don't know how to re lace sorry
this dude said aso is a soccer player
Giovanny Gonzalez Becuase his brother Marco didn't know who he was. Matt was joking, and it was funny.
U guys r the truth
Beautiful glove
Nice vid bro
Don't the glove gets heavier?
Jose Torres nope
🤣🤣 oh it s ameat thermometer. Headahh
did u flare it before or after the mallet work
Devan Chorbajian during
Face reveal
We’re gonna get the water to 150-160, we’ll be back when it boils...... hmmmmm water boils at 212.
TheChattanoogaBandit NERD
This is not okay.
can i beat the shit outta my glove with any mallet or does it have to be that gay ass mallet
never do this or bake your glove in the oven just throw and play catch
The only thing your doing is teaching people how to ruin there $300 dollar glove so they have to go buy a new one next year. This is the absolute worst fucking thing you can do to a leather baseball glove. DO NOT DO THIS TO YOUR BRAND NEW GLOVE YOU JUST SOENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON YOU WILL RUIN IT INSTINTLY!!!
+Michael a how could it destroy the glove I don't get it
Two master glove makers use this process. I think I'd trust them.
They sell gloves for a living don't they?
This doesn't ruin the glove I do it my gloves and Its still in perfect condition going on 4 years with it
Dries your glove out makes it heavy makes the outer lace weaker it’s just bad
found this annoying
+Caleb S , then don't watch
theglovebros I stopped. simple observation and opinion of mine. relax, maybe try not to dog viewers
+Caleb S , not "dogging" if you don't like the video then don't comment and click off you sat on the video longer to comment it. Logic
theglovebros logic would be kids not making a poor "how to" video about breaking in a glove and taking so long on explaining how to pour water on the glove. I wasn't trying to troll you but if it hurt your feelings the develop thicker skin.
+Caleb S , not a kid but try again. It's called being informative. No need for thicker skin just smarter viewers
This is bad for glove ... R. I. P glove
This is sinful! Don’t do this to a glove! Do not listen to this guy!