I've heard untreated petroleum jelly is great for breaking in and maintaining baseball/softball gloves. Can anyone give me any product names or tell me where I can purchase?
2007-07-16 19:16:50 · 6 answers · asked by chaimo16 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
There is obviously an untreated form of the jelly that is used, otherwise why specify? Vaseline is a petroleum Jelly; however, I don't believe it is "untreated" because there are other ingredients in it.
2007-07-16 19:37:57 · update #1
They have it at Petroleum Jellies R Us
Seriously, the oil that you can buy at most sporting goods stores that is made spefically for gloves works great.
2007-07-17 02:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by Sarge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I too have always heard this. I am not a ball player but my entire family is (was). I looked it up just now and all sources do say untreated petroleum jelly but then they go on to use the words petroleum jelly. I would ask at a pharmacy and see if there is a difference.
I, like you, think there must be a difference since they do specify untreated petroleum jelly. However I don't have any idea whether good old Vaseline is considered untreated or not.
When i was a kid (many, many years ago) the boys would slather Vaseline on their gloves and fold them a certain way and put them under a car tire (roll the car over the glove). Of course when I was a kid we didn't use bike helmets either --- so you know how long ago that was.
There is Vaseline sold on line that states: Vaseline 100% pure. Do you think that means untreated?
2007-07-17 03:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some of that Nokona brand stuff that comes in a tube. It works great on mitts and is actually meant for them, unlike actual petroleum jelly.
Word to the wise: Asking where you can buy "untreated petroleum jelly" will make people think things about you that are probably--if not totally--untrue, and not about things like baseball mitts. . . .
2007-07-17 03:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're breaking in a glove dont use petroleum jelly use ralwings glovoleum. its safer to use instead of petroleum jelly cuz you dont even know what kind is supoosedly treated or untreated! Rawlings glovoleum is only 1.99 i think and it'll probably help more then petroleum jelly
2007-07-17 03:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by JAYS in 10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What in hell is "untreated" petroleum jelly? Petroleum jelly isn't treated to my knowledge. If it is I can't imagine with what!
2007-07-17 02:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by MissWong 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Break your glove in with neatsfoot oil..Forget that petroleum jelly crap
2007-07-17 02:42:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋