How To: Dye a Lacrosse Head (Hot Glue Method)

[@ebrad009]

ok this dad is awsome...he played lax in college and supports his kids...my dad played frigging baseball and im playing high school lacrosse but i cant talk about it in my house because he gets mad about me quitting baseball. ik this has nothing to do with dyeing sticks but yeah...this dude rocks

[@dylancook1548]

lookin for a video to actually help you step by step is almost impossible to find. great video

[@mawhir3]

I'm jealous of that head... That looked great!!!

[@stingerstrings2204]

thank you RedStar for what you have done for all lacrosse community, and for me. Your videos have taught me how to dye and string well. Hope you keep making more.

[@ardencohen3674]

im fourteen years old and you are an awesome man

[@Omar13Z]

That did not seem like 9 minutes. A good sign :) Thanks this really helped me learn about dying. I never knew about the hot glue method and how insane it would come out!

[@slushy1223]

I'm just doing mine right now! It was a yellow base coat, put in some royal blue not thinking it would turn green for some reason but its looking great! Thanks! Can't wait to peel off that glue

[@akrony5435]

whoa!! I didn't expect the legend himself to responds back to me!!! cool, thanks.

[@killuinskate]

Thanks Thomas Ledin! Just did this with my white Brine Clutch. Dyed it navy blue, it looks sweet. Thanks man

[@blakbanshee]

Thanks for the great video! I did it to my son's head. The glue was a PITA to get off. I had to keep puting it back in the freezer and when my fingernails hurt too bad, I used needle nose pliers for a while.

[@redstarlacrosse]

I would probably pinch first. Either way though, the re-boil could mess things up. Re-boiling a pinched head to dye could change the pinch you gave it, or, re-boiling a dyed head to pinch it could change the dye. I've never done it, but I would rather re-pinch than re-dye, so I would pinch first.

[@graysoncollins7788]

you taught me how to dye so thank you

[@xboxmodderzzz]

i dont care what anyone says THAT IS FRESH. the green and black... steezy

[@redstarlacrosse]

If the water is too hot, and the glue melts, it will make that part of the head kind of smeary looking, but if the water isn't hot enough then the dye won't reach it's full potential color (like a black might come out purpleish). It can be kind of tricky. Best to try on an older head first to kind of figure out what works.

[@sirsnowpharaoh]

Dude, no sarcasm, yer a great dad. To do that for your son AND include your personality during the whole thing! #inspired. Off to dye my paintball mask!!! Thanks bro!!!

[@Mattoboy100]

I subscribe right now. Your amazing. Im new to lacrosse. I think im gonna fix up my friends stick for some money. Thanks man! Your the best!

[@hotdogplayzhalo]

Dude, that looks so awesome. I wanna do that with my stick, but with my school colors, red and white. My Stx Proton is already white so im thinking like red sploteges like you did.

[@redstarlacrosse]

If you're using hot glue, make it hot, but not more that about 170 degrees, otherwise the glue will melt off. I buy my dye at a craft store, but you can get it online...search for RIT Dye. Use enough water to cover whatever you're dyeing, and use one package of dye. If you have some airtight containers, you can save the dye.

[@Kyvu1234567]

Chillest. Dad. Ever.

[@hotdogplayzhalo]

Dude, that looks so awesome. I wanna do that with my stick, but with my school colors, red and white. My Stx Power is already white so im thinking like red sploteges like you did.

[@werejustgoddamncool]

Woah!! I love the colour of the stick after the dye!! I play girls lacrosse but I was thinking of giving this ago. Seems pretty cool!!

[@Jokar97]

Thank you for all your hard work in your videos! I am using all of your tutorials and i love the results. Good day(:

[@Kinurs]

Thanks for the tutorial! I just died my first head today and it came out great!

[@redstarlacrosse]

For a single dye, or fade right around boiling, maybe a little less. For hot glue, or electrical tape, let it cool down for a bit from a boil, otherwise the adhesive will melt. For hot glue, I do it at about 180, but you have to be careful of melting lue.

[@chadwickadventures8232]

Crazy I remember this video when I just started lacrosse 10 years ago

[@MOknows21]

Hahaha I stopped lacrosse for baseball and y dad doesn't really support , this dude is so cool

[@jakeheinz6532]

Awesome work tledin! Thank you for sharing your knowledge to the lax world!

[@gradykid169]

brine, it was on a fiddle stick i had. just wanted to see how it would turn out before i tried it with my actual one

[@badwill11]

Thanks! I tried it and it worked!

[@SmokinPolo]

perfect looking head

[@jtldad]

Lily wanted me to tell you that was an awesome video...I too have a love of hot glue...must be in the genes.

[@tacos4life123]

Really informational this is the only vid that makes sense. thnx.

[@dietjeffrey]

tacos4life123

[@redstarlacrosse]

Cool idea.

[@figzdabomb]

I have two questons the first is if it is okay to leave the ball stop on the head while dyeing and the second is if it is okay to dye a head a base color then tape up the head and dye it another color on top

[@redstarlacrosse]

Powder or liquid both work.

[@anepicattacker6706]

2 things . First , please make more videos Second could you make a video on the best gear to buy and the best company's to buy gear from ?

[@redstarlacrosse]

Craft stores, or online it's called RIT dye.

[@BlueGiraffe007]

Thank you! Love your vids by the way. Can you make a video for box lacrosse sticks?

[@rambo15343]

thank you for showing me how to do this! PS my dad has the same head you used in college.

[@christianedward3853]

thats the coolest thing ever!! but how hot should the water be?

[@gkjackson5]

Ahoy there, I got a couple questions for ya 1. what temp. does the water needa be? 2. where did you get the dye? 3. water/dye ratio or just eyeball it?

[@BigJoePlaysGames]

I love that i have that water bottle that's in the background. haha

[@redstarlacrosse]

I honestly don't know what works with the chrome heads. I have never had one. I know people do dye them, and customize them in different ways...I just don't know how they do it. That being said, I am pretty sure if you do a dye over chipped chrome, it will come out differently where it's chromed, and where it's chipped. So...I would probably removed the chrome first.

[@redstarlacrosse]

You can use electrical tape, vinyl stickers, or rubber cement too.

[@klinehockey24]

@tledin Thanks for the help, i got it darker and looks very cool!

[@TrevorLee08]

Cool cant wait to try it on my head!

[@finchcatch]

a dark green but thats pretty awsome. my friend did that to hit stick making it a black head with a dark yellow

[@amys5071]

And what happens if you leave the strings in???!

[@diesely19]

first time dying one i used an av8 too, risk a cheaper head. i tried for a yellow and black caution stripe look but the duct tape bled a bit, what you did looks sick

[@benries6823]

When you dye heads, you should buy a 2 gallon trash can (I got one at the dollar store) and put the boiling water in the trash can, and I found you don't have to use the entire bottle of rit dye, a bottle is 8 ounces so you only have to pour in half of the bottle, which is 4 ounces. You will save a lot of money and be able to get more uses out of one bottle

[@kristinbarnes955]

My son dyed his first head using the hot glue method. It turned out great, but we have had no luck since. The heads we have tried to dye have a shiny finish. Is that the problem?

[@beeboppify]

once the head is died, and youre pulling off the glue, is it possible to scratch off the dye or is the dye really set in?

[@Carsonjones97]

thanks for the tips it works really good

[@nananinja99]

amazing,this is added to my favorites list

[@thewapow]

You're an awesome dad!

[@redstarlacrosse]

@laxbros253 Yeah...that wasn't so great. It was strung by some guy who was stringing in a booth at a tournament we went to. He was about 6, and loved it, so he wouldn't let me re-string it.

[@scottsdalefirebirds5]

@tledin IKR! it has like 8 sidewall holes

[@endofthelinez53]

nice vid, very informative gonna try it tommorow

[@EliteflipsTV2010]

Thanks your advice helped maybe u should make a stringing tut to help

[@LightningThunder567]

I dyed a Reebok 3k I bought for 10 bucks golden yellow, then I put hot glue on, then I dyed it dark green. It turned out amazing, but it was so hard to get the glue off. Anyway, it was cool.

[@lax5freak]

When i die my heads with hot glue, a tip to get the glue off easy without ruining your fingers is freeze it, then use needle nose pliers to pull the glue off.

[@EnigmaticElement]

USF club team? Awesome. I was gonna play there. UCF got my heart though.

[@sunshinebrooks4075]

dude that is sick. I tried doing it with red and it looked pretty cool. I couldn't get the glue off though. I stuck it in the freezer and it didn't work either. what els should I do?

[@MrMxman26]

Start off with your white head dye it all red. take tape or glue what ever you prefer and put it on all the parts you want to keep red then after you tape or glue put your black dye in then dye the head all black... when you take off the tape or glue it will be red underneath where it was and you have a red and black stick! Hope I helped you

[@redstarlacrosse]

You can, but I wouldn't. If the head width changes, it will change your pocket as well.

[@MagicProblems]

Honestly I like the faded looking colors.

[@tibley123]

hey cool vid... i was wondering if i could die my blue stick with this method... i wanted to put hot glue on and then make it either lime green or red.. would either of them work??

[@EliteflipsTV2010]

Thanks helped me a lot pity i cant get you to string it cuz im from scotland

[@gradykid169]

oh yeah, is there a certain amount of water or anything that you put in with the dye or just as much as you need to dye your head?

[@redstarlacrosse]

I'm not sure how you would get chrome off.

[@JTH8599]

if you dye it with the mesh and shooting strings and ect. in it, will they change color too so you don't have to take all of it out? thanks, and good video =)

[@crispychris117]

is it safe to just drop the head to the bottom of the pot and leave it there or would that mess up the scoop?

[@THECodyman07]

awesome dye job

[@1MrChules]

Hey how long exactly does it take to dye the head including gluing the head and taking it off. Also, once I am done with the head, if i flex it, will that chip or mess up the head/dye? Thanks!

[@billyhettermann8093]

Do you boil the water before you put the head and dye in? If so do you then put the pot back on the burner once the head and dye are in the pot?

[@badwill11]

I don't have a pot big enough, can I just flip the head over and make sure both sides get the same amount of time?

[@mattdolente2401]

TL!!!! Bad news about the Super Power Bro. Gotta keep an eye out for the rats with the sticky fingers. Anyway, Thank for the help brother. Just dyed my Hammy Nats twing bright orange!!!! BBLLLLAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

[@canes_cards_5486]

Thats really cool! I should try that

[@samzeisberger4817]

U should do a vid on how to make a high pocket

[@samzeisberger4817]

U should do a vid on how to make a high pocket

[@MrManant1234]

This helped me a lot thanks

[@Robito555]

Thanks! Yea I was just thinking of doing it in my area

[@TheMcreid]

thank you for the help I would juste like to no how much does the die cost and where could you bye it

[@pershall14]

Ha did this and just likw him my thumb was like raw and falling apart but stick turned out good

[@crispychris117]

alright and also is it necessary to add an extra coat or is that just overkill?

[@TheLaxmaster98]

damn you a chill dad, if i asked my dad to dye something for me he wwould be like hell no i got stuff to do so u find time to do your own shit

[@jakegross7730]

If I don't have the dye yet, can I still put the hot glue on and wait a couple days until I get it or will that mess up the end result?

[@WhileISlept]

Is there a secret to getting the glue off? Mines really not coming off in sheets like I feel yours is

[@hanrhee8810]

What happens to the sponge at the bottom of the head?

[@LandfallYT]

If I got like a plain gray shaft, is there a way to just dye the shaft? Like what would I use so it doesn't get sticky, I want it to be a nice polished finish.

[@judsonadair]

dude you are the man!

[@1MrChules]

O and also how warm does the water have to be and how long do you heat it for

[@LacrosseMeetsMetal]

I have an AV8 im just using as a project and had a question...my av8 is white, so could i like, dye it one color, then dye it AGAIN (using the hot glue method) and get a similar result?

[@jvome]

Looks sweet, i'd also like to go black with neon green effects, will it work if I first dye it neon green and then go black over it with decals or some other type of spray/hot glue etc over it? will the black look okay and will the dye peel of if I take the glue or spray of? Thanks!

[@anthonyJrocha]

Would it be possible do dye a white head yellow, then put hot glue on, and then dye it blue, making it blue with yellow hot glue marks?

[@galaxyschneider]

I'm going to dye my head too, I just had a odd question. My new head is a warrior swarm x I'm not sure how flexible it is, will the hot water/freezer weaken the plastic? Also how deep does the dye go?

[@YouKnowImTheBoss]

tat looks sick

[@chickiemonkey8120]

love the video:) now im making tons of new boss designs:)

[@jakegross7730]

If I don't have the dye yet, can I still hot glue the head and wait a dye or two. Will that affect what it looks like when its done?

[@BlueGiraffe007]

How long do you leave the head submerged in dye for and what temperature is the water when you put the dye in?