I have always broken in my gloves with oil and practice. I decided to hurry this one along by using the suggested oven tip I have heard about in the past. “Oh, just put your glove in the oven!” I never believed them, because I feared it would catch fire. I thought I was wrong. My Easter was ruined today.

Edit: Here is the link that says 15 minutes at 350F: https://ecosports.com/blogs/vegan-athletes/how-to-break-in-a-baseball-glove

  • scrion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    The tag does not say the glove is made of leather, that’s simply the Franklin “leather series”, a meaningless marketing term meant to trick people.

    The Franklin page clearly states those gloves are made of “synthetic leather”, e. g. Polyurethane, Vinyl etc.:

    https://franklinsports.com/field-masterr-tan-series-baseball-fielding-glove#

    Plus, the synthetic leather comes with a pre-formed pocket which is designed to break in exactly to your liking quickly and easily.

    EASY BREAK IN: The soft synthetic leather material is lightweight and responsive […]

    You put a plastic glove in your oven at 350. By the way, depending on the material, in particular when talking about Vinyl, burning it may release incredibly toxic fumes, although that mostly applies to PVC. Depending on the details, I’d still considered that oven ruined though, at least for food.

    I get that this sucks in more ways than one, but how the heck did you not actually check the complete material composition… almost all modern items are a mix of different materials anyway.

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      19·
      3 months ago

      The tag does not say the glove is made of leather, that’s simply the Franklin “leather series”, a meaningless marketing term meant to trick people.

      Ugh, are there no consumer protection laws against this shit? Or just no enforcement?

      • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Not really laws, at least in the US. So long as they don’t claim it’s made of things it isn’t, they can say “well the packaging clearly states it’s not real, actual leather”.

        • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          IMHO this is misleading/false marketing. In the food market this would never fly, at least not in most western countries. In my country you can’t even call almond milk almond milk because it’s technically not milk, even though there’s nothing misleading about it… So why wouldn’t the same apply to non-food products?

          I honestly don’t know if there’s laws against it outside of food in my country, and I suspect there’s little to no enforcement even if there are laws… But saying “LEATHER GLOVE by the way it’s synthetic leather” is exactly the sort of thing laws should protect against.

          edit: formatting

          • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            There are protected terms in non food too, but just leather isn’t one. Genuine leather, full-grain leather, top grain leather, and bonded leather are protected.