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I'd highly recommend not doing a single thing in this video. Tack bar is the absolute last step.. not the first 🤦‍♂️ He said don't get the new ball wet.. wrong! Get some warm to hot water and a wash cloth. Soak the wash cloth and ring it out but leave a good amount on it because the very first step is to get the orange dulye off of the ball. Use the wet rag to wipe off each panel very thoroughly with a moderate amount of pressure. By doing so, you are getting the dye off and breaking it in by working the leather. Let it dry completely. Next step, rub it down good with some regular white foamy shaving cream and let it sit dry completely overnight. This step will also soften and break in the leather. Once it's dry, use a brash to brush off all of the shaving cream. By this time, the ball will be soft and start looking darker. Next step is to use a ball conditioner to do exactly what the name implies.. conditioning the leather. Let it completely dry and then lightly brush it to really help soften the ball and work in the conditioner further. Next step is to use a good mud and really rub it in with a good amount of pressure, while avoiding the stripes (if the ball has them) and laces of the ball. This step further softens the ball. Let the ball once again dry overnight. Next, get a wet rag and get as much of the mud off of the ball that you can. Let it dry. Use your brush to remove the rest of the mud. Now is when you use the tack bar.. DO NOT RUB THE TACK BAR ONTO THE BRUSH. Use the tack bar and rub 2 to 3 strips down the length of the ball depending on it's size. Lastly, use the brush one final time to evenly distribute the wax and you are now ready to use your football. I hope this helps! I mean no disrespect to the guy who made the video, because I believe he is just doing his best with what he has.. I just don't think that telling people the improper way of prepping a football, is going to help anyone.

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Agree. Nearly every video out there made by guys who prep balls for a living uses hot water. A ton of it. @@JohnTalcott_aka_C.O.TALLCOP

Wilson conditioner and then hit it with a hair dryer. Deflate the ball a bunch and knead it and bend it some. Then more conditioner/heat/kneading. But as John mentioned below, use hot water and a rag to get the dye out. Then barbasol shaving cream.

Mud actually gives grip and removes the factory gloss/coating as well as darkens the leather. Shoe polish only makes the leather darker. It's purely cosmetic

Lena blackburne rubbing mud is 25 bucks but definitely worth it

Use leather conditioner. Mojo or i used leather honey. An then the mudd. Its a white jar. What the colleges use and stuff

You can also fully deflate the ball and carefully apply pressure and roll the ends a little bit.. similar to breaking in the leather on a baseball glove by bending it to break it in. But apply some leather conditioner before and after to preserve and further break it in.

I use leather honey and the mud down by the river stuff and thr tac bar at the end. Absolutely amazing football

@@Deewrizzleather honey, ohh I’ve used that ion everything. Does it make the ball heavier? Or not noticeable? I love the stuff, Just curious on using it on a 100$ peewee ball LOL.

No. It won't make it heavier. If anything, it will make it less likely to waterlog when wet, which actually makes it lighter. Still, I would use the Wilson leather conditioner or better yet, the football specific one sold by Big Game USA.@@ejhayes

Title should be called: "Don't listen to a single thing I've said and use the search bar for 'how to properly break in and prep a football."

Agree with John. It's almost as this video is a joke designed to screw people up.@@JohnTalcott_aka_C.O.TALLCOP

Of course it is, the NFHS rules say the football has to be “like new”. The refs don’t care as long as the white stripes look new, they cool.

@@realBatman thank you for letting me know

No. The shoe polish is considered a foreign substance.. there's a list of products that can be applied to a football.. shoe polish is not one of them and makes it look like $hit.

Before mud they used tobacco spit. You could try that 🤣

@@zachw4394 oh sweet looks like imma start saving my spit 😂

1 they don’t just grab mud and put it into a cup 2 the guy that made with video has no ideas how to break in a football 3: the mud is worth the price and there isn’t tax

@@monke1157 ya you're right they don't just get mud out of a river 😂. Let's be honest its just a weird tradition. They could totally use something else and it would be just fine.

You always create your own mud and have the same effect so I heard

Which leather conditioner would u use

@@JustinRomero-by6mq the wilson conditioner is ok but I prefer LEXOL

Agree. Although proper prep actually uses conditioner and then mud.