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Hey I have a question I broke in my football and it’s not dark at all it looks like a brand new ball it has terrible feel the grip there is no grip it has no grip it is also very hard I have done dye removal shaving cream conditioner and wax but not mud yet
Hello from Argentina! I recently bought a Wilson football. It's a cheap one, from synthetic leather, but I wanna modify it. What I would like to know is what is the white lace on top made of. Mine has one of those PVC laces which is old and britle and yellow-ish, but I would like to use the other type of lace (not leather) but I have no idea what it's commercial name is. Could you please tell me what's that lace is called? Thank you!
@@Nettie107 Any solution I just completed the steps other than mud which I don't have and it's has no grip other than the stripes and laces and is not as dark. Got rid of most of the dye but no grip.
For those doing it at home. I usually break in the ball first with a bunch of sessions of catch. For two reasons; it gets the ball working and the athlete gets used to catching a hard sharp ball. I then break it in with cream, mud, wax; and it’s like a gift from above to the athlete that now gets to catch with a soft sticky ball. Trains and breaks in the ball. That said; if time is not on your side, just pay the money for the broken in ball. It’s a game changer for any qb or receiver. I can tell a lot about a team just from their game ball.
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To speed up the dye removal process (Step 1) a little, I have had great success with a wet Mr. Clean Magic Eraser "Extra Durable" sponge. Start slow and light with the rubbing and rinse and rotate often. Then wipe with a damp cloth. Also Blue or Frogtape (green)Painters tape will help keep the stripes clean during the condition and mud processes.
The process is spot on but super involved. Next time I will buy direct from y’all but it was fun to go through the process at least once with my son. Great concept and business model and great it all ultimately gets these kids outside. Keep it up
with using a wet towel to wipe the mud down it essentially removes 70% of its purpose. I like to brush the mud until it’s off, and to make it shine just wipe it with a dry towel or cloth. it may take longer but it gives better results.
@@snomo3397 I just finished the mudding process on a ball right now actually. I decided to skip wiping the mud off with a wet towel and just go straight into brushing it off dry. It does take a lot longer. But I like how the ball feels. Most other videos I have seen say to just brush it off also. I dont know any science behind wiping the mud off wet versus brushing it off dry. But from personal experience I think brushing it off dry is the way to go. Tho I dont think you could go wrong either way.
True. Using the wet towel makes the ball red again. Brushing was taking forever so I thought it would speed it up, but I ended up having to re-mud parts of the ball because of it
Great video! I never knew breaking in footballs was this complex. Very informative! I’m definitely bringing this topic up to my local youth football league.
i dont have the wilson brush the mud or wax but i just used mud from a lake and a hairbrush and skate wax and it still worked incase you dont have any of that stuff
I know you’re probably not going to see this, but if you do, what type of texture was the mud, because I just bought a leather gst, and don’t have enough money for the rest of the stuff. The only thing I bought was a brush.
I have the mud, buy I'm not getting the conditioner and tack until Tuesday and it's Friday. Can use the mud now, hoping that it will soften the ball for a game this Sunday?
This has got to be a new thing. I’m 72 years old, played flag football, PopWarner, high school, and one year college. Never broke in a football. We just went outside and threw it and kicked it, and played.
I know this is a stupid question but can I use surf board wax on my ball i know it won add as much grip as the actual wax but could I use it to try to get a little bit more grip???? Or will it ruin my ball
Confused on starting wax step 7. Video shows waxing right after brushed off damp mud. No dry time before wax? Isn’t waxing right after trapping water in if it’s not totally dry?
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Hey guys, i'm from Austria and unfortunately there is no way to get any similar muds over here. Would it be possible to use sea mud musk as an alternative?
@@littleshadyify I would recommend if you want to test a different type of mud, put a small amount on a small area on the football, let it sit for 24 hours then see how it comes out when you remove it.
Great detail! With parts of the process like dye removal, or mud removal when using a wet cloth, could the ball simply be rinsed thoroughly in a utility sink or outside, etc? Also, on a more theoretical note, why is the ball dyed in the first place, if it is of notable benefit to remove the dye anyway? In part I ask as looking at Wilson's blog tutorial, they mention nothing of dye removal, which would stand to reason as they are the ones who dye it in the first place.
Its not actually a dye, its a tanned in tack which is built into the leather. Wiping it down with a wet towel is actually a terrible first step as it just strips away all that tack, what you really want to do is brush the ball for about a couple minutes per panel and this infuses the tack into the leather. Then when you condition and mud the ball, the tanned in tack is actually able to work like its supposed to. Putting any kind of water/plain shaving cream on the ball just speeds up the drying process. If you want to use a shaving cream for conditioner use barbasol aloe based shaving cream.
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am i able to use just regular mud from my backyard?
Is the Barbasol original the only type of shaving cream you can use? I’m unable to find any locally and was wondering if you have any other brands that you would suggest using. Thanks
We only use the Barbasol original, but you don't have to do the Barbasol. Instead you can just use hot wet towel on the ball at the beginning once or twice to get all that dye off and then move to the conditioner steps instead.
@@justinmaurer94 Use aloe-based barbasol to avoid drying out the ball in a counter-intuitive process. Also dont put any water on the ball it just fucks things up
Absolutely, you do not have to put the mud on it and the ball will still come out good and keep in mind as you use the football on the field etc. it will get even more broken the more you use it.
You can absolutely mud again to make the football darker. Also, using another round of conditioner will help as well. Keep in mind with pure leather footballs, as you use them on the field and in games they will get darker overtime.
Where do you find that type/brand of mud? I've seen other videos where the mud they use looks like the same container and everything. I thought it was baseball mud, so I've googled that too and still didn't see anything like the one your using. I have used Big Game USA's "Red River Mud" which is more sand than a mud, regardless, it worked very well. Still, I'd like to try the type of mud used in this (and many other ball prep) videos. Do you just use literal mud from your back yard? Or, if anyone is familiar with "Red Rive Mud" is it ok to mix real mud with it to make it less sandy?
If you Google Lena Blackburne baseball rubbing mud you will find it. It is known mostly for being used as baseball mud but works great on leather footballs. Also, we have tried the Red River Mud and it doesn't work nearly as well as the Lena Blackburne mud.
I have got the dye off and conditioned a couple times.. my ball is still VERY hard. Where do I go from here?? Condition again? Too late for shaving cream?
The tack spray is just a liquid form of the wax bar, but faster. 2-3 spritzes per panel and wipe it down with the brush. Perfect for using on your ball before playing with it.
When removing the paint from the ball with the towel, do you also go over the stripes and laces or is that untouched throughout the entirety of the process?
So I did everything and when i was putting on the football conditioner there was still some paint do I just wet a rag and wipe it down again and put more conditioner on it or can i not do that?
Great video! Followed it step by step and got great results. However, the nose of the football is like a rock still. That's after multiple rounds conditioner and shaving cream. Any insight?
@@byan4003For future reference, after you've prepped your ball, deflate your ball a 1lb or 2 so there's some give and then press it against the floor or wall for a minute each. Then inflate back to your desired psi.
Yes this actually works Great on Duke footballs. We actually have a video coming out in the next few days which goes through our process on breaking in NFL Duke footballs aswell
I added shaving cream to each panel of my leather football, but I'm still getting dye when I applied the leather conditioner. Am I doing something wrong?
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@@juanfossatti If you are having issues with tack after a rainy game, then you could buy the wilson tack bar/brush and use the tack bar and brush on the ball every few games to help keep grip. If you are having a different issue with it getting wet and ill see how I can help
@@juanfossatti one thing you can do on cold days if you are struggling with grip on the ball is, you can purchase tack spray from Wilson.com and just spray a small amount on the ball before gametime.
Yes, any silt based mud will work. You just have to strain it to get bigger particles out. There’s good articles out there about the Lena blackburne mud family where they do concede they are just selling mud. People try to say there are special minerals in that mud and whatnot that get absorbed but I don’t buy it. I do mud footballs though, just use topsoil from the garden store and strain it.
