Discover the expert in you.
Discover the expert in you.
Adding color to your lacrosse stick head personalizes your gear, showing team spirit and letting you stand out in the crowd. For relatively little time and money you can create a customized head at home using common household items and a few store-bought products. You can choose from endless possibilities for your new field look, such as team colors, stripes, patterns, confetti and fades. But for a splattered, psychedelic effect, cooking oil spray does the job. The oil acts as a dye retardant, allowing splashes of random color and speckled patterns to appear. The whole process takes about an hour.
There are many different shades for one color. For example, the colors of the University of Alabama are not red and white, but crimson and white. The colors of the University of Michigan are not yellow and blue, but maize and blue. This can make finding a lacrosse stick in your exact team color a little difficult. Instead of settling on a white stick, dye your stick any color right at home. RIT Dye, which can be found at any arts and crafts store, can be used to dye your lacrosse stick any color you'd like.
The key to making dye stick to fabric is using the right mordant for the fiber. A mordant is a substance that grabs the dye chemicals and bonds them to the fabric. Each kind of dye and each kind of fiber requires a different mordant. For example, animal fibers require a different mordant from plant fibers. Common mordants include soda ash, salt, alum and urea. Mixing dyes properly can be a process of trial and error, so you should do tests on small swatches of fabric before mixing large dye baths.
Dyeing your lacrosse stick can help you stand out from other players on the field. You can express your personality by choosing colors that are fun, whimsical or authoritative. Personalizing your lacrosse stick is a great way to show off your style and stand out from the crowd.
