From what I've read in the previous topics, I'm trying to establish the right protocol to take tender care of my precious gloves. You've all written many articles about this particular detail or another, but none I think have gathered THE advisory method for true beginners like me. So could anyone of you guys add whatever may be necessary to the following list?
1. Clean the glove, with leather CPR for instance.
2. Apply at least a coat of lanolin to soften and nurture the leather or preserve it.
3. Toss a ball against the wall every other day and catch it again to make sure the cow the glove is made of is not really dead.
But still I have some unanswered questions:
- How often do you apply lanolin on the glove? Once a week, a month?
- And what sort of towels do you use to apply leather CPR and lanolin ? I mean cotton towels ? (I know this one sounds a little silly, but why not asking...)
- And as for the seams, near the wrist band, how do you keep them from deteriorating? Is there any product I could apply on them to fix them as they are today, any kind of varnish, or are they bound to disintegrate little by little ?
Thanks for your help,