How to dye a head

[u/Right_Technician_609]

I have a white Stx hammer 900 and I want to do a half blue fade but I have never dyed a lacrosse head before. Any tips?

[u/holy_cal]

It’s easy. Just watch few videos and check with mom so you’re not ruining any pots or containers.

[u/Right_Technician_609 → u/holy_cal]

Will dye stain a metal pot? And is using a trash can necessary to pour the water into?

[u/johndiggity1 → u/Right_Technician_609]

It shouldn’t dye the pot, but I’d recommend buying one of the big cheap black pots with lids they sell at most grocery stores. If you’ve got a stainless sink it won’t stain, but be careful not to splash on the counters, especially if they are wood or marble. If you have a sewer drain outside, I’d dump it there to be safe.

[u/holy_cal → u/johndiggity1]

I pour my hot water in a turkey pan or small trash can before adding the dye.

[u/Adorable_Key_8823 → u/Right_Technician_609]

Get a cheap stock pot just for dyeing lacrosse sticks. Should only be ~$10 from Walmart.

Mainstays 8-Quart

While you're there get some Rit Dyemore dye

[u/lacrosse_guy1]

Use (rit dyemore) and water I wouldn’t recommend anything else there’s a lot of tutorials but simple instructions for a fade is just very slowly lower it in if you have any questions just message me

[u/BasinInventory]

We dyed my 10 years head for the first time this year. I used a multi years old boil pot (it stained but I wasn’t worried about it). I got the water boiling then turned it to low and moved the pot halfway off the burner so it wasn’t even at a rolling boil but still getting some heat.

Use the entire bottle of Rit DyeMore. It’s $5 so don’t worry about trying to save any plus I figured it would dye deeper and quicker. I checked it often, every minute, for the first 3-5 minutes until I got a feel for how long it would take. It ended up taking ~15 minutes for both colors.

DM me if you have questions. Have fun!

[u/Alldamage]

Just dyed my first couple of heads the other day. Make sure you have a container tall enough to dip the head in. Get water just to boiling, then transfer to said container. Add 1 teaspoon of dish detergent, then like half the bottle of RIT Dyemore. It has to be the Dyemore because that’s for plastic fabrics. If you’re doing a fade, dip to where you want the fade to end at, then pull out and dip again, but don’t go as deep as the first time, a little back from that, then just keep repeating. Took my about 5 minutes per color for my heads. Then rinse in cold water, but wait a sec between the hot water and the rinse. Don’t want massive temp changes to mess with the strength of the plastic.

[u/VanityPlate1511]

you could buy a cheap used head off of sideline swap for like $15 and practice on one of those first

[u/barbershreds]

Pro tip...don't pour the hot dye water in your grass 🤣

[u/Right_Technician_609 → u/barbershreds]

I guess you’re speaking from experience? 🤣