How can I distress new baseballs?
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Shelly
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Having a Baseball theme baseball baby shower, but looking for a little more vintage look!!
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Could you scuff the new baseballs by sanding them a little? Then rub some gel stain LIKE THIS UNICORN SPIT around on them to give them a vintage effect? (cute them btw!)
Run over them with a vehicle
Give them to your dogs for a day or two! Just kidding. A gel stain would work.
Maybe soaking them in a strong tea solution.....it works for tea towels to make them look vintage.
Do you know any kids who wouldn’t mind hitting them around a few times? Is there a local ball field you could go to and rub them in the dirt a bit? Otherwise you could try this dry rub technique with paint or stain https://www.justalittlecreativity.com/2011/08/diy-paint-rub-technique-to-distress.html
Staining them should work!
Take them outside and rub some damp dirt on them. Wait and bit and wipe them off.
Coffee stains just make sure when you apply the coffee that you vary the amount used in different areas so it looks real.
Hi Shelly, hope this helps you. Start by using some sandpaper and sanding the balls, you can also rub them on grass to get them a bit stained. Bounce them on concrete as well.
Get "rough" with the balls and scuff sand in a few spots, then apply a couple of different shades of gel stains on them in a random manner aand then wipe away with a damp paper towel. The stains will adhere to the areas that are sanded more than the rest of the ball resulting in a worn slightly vintage look.