Goalie Stringing

[Texlax33]

Hey guys just lookin for a little advice, when stringing your goalie head, should your stretch out the mesh piece first before you start stringing, and i got trad. hard mesh from jimalax, should i make the sidewalls tight or leave them loose, any other tips are appreciated(sp?).

[demongoalie]

Xeclipse said it perfectly, but I use conditioner instead of shaving cream. Also with trad hard mesh I usually string it with open sidewalls.

[Texlax33]

if i use closed sidewalls with the trad hard mesh will i still get a sweet bag, or should i use open sidewalls?

[nptlaxgoalie121]

i use close sidewalls you can still get a bag but i dont like to play with a bag. i have seen goalies with a bag and closed sidewalls. http://www.lax.com/bimages/1083/8 < closed side walls front view http://www.lax.com/bimages/1083/17 < side view http://www.lax.com/bimages/1083/3 < another side view not as good

[Texlax33]

so what would you recommend Xeclipse19, open or closed?

[MormonLaxer14]

do you connect the mesh to the sidewall of do you have a thin strip of mesh down the middle?

[PuLsE_SpEeD]

Except that's 20d...not 17d.

100% correct.

Closed sidewalls is the onlyway to go with 17d unless you like rebounding the ball alot.

[Texlax33]

thanx xeclipse i'll be looking forward to it i should have my mesh in a dew days as well, and i'll def. use your step by step, i really appreciate all the help.

[goaliedude13]

where do you get your 17d mesh from ???

[pclax41]

dont hate me cause i don't know..
but whats the difference between how many diamonds you have?
the more d's the bigger the pocket?

[Texlax33]

yeah thats where i got mine from, i hope its sweet.

[Texlax33]

and the trad hard mesh i got from jimalax is only 16d

[WPSLAGoalie28]

and the trad hard mesh i got from jimalax is only 16d
It's still 17d try counting a different row, each row alternates between 16 then 17, etc...

[Texlax33]

ahh i see the light now thank you WPSLA, gotta love jimalax hookin me up a 12 diamond goalie mesh as well. i love these guys

[stonewall]

Hey guys just lookin for a little advice, when stringing your goalie head, should your stretch out the mesh piece first before you start stringing, and i got trad. hard mesh from jimalax, should i make the sidewalls tight or leave them loose, any other tips are appreciated(sp?).
alot depends on the head your stringing, with an eclipse, i would not do closed sidewall, but with a sentinal, i would definatley do closed

[Texlax33]

yeah i'm putting it on your eclipse.

[stonewall]

haha, yea, id go with open unless you plan on using 10d

[Texlax33]

well i got stonewalls eclipse into today that i bought and put that kelly green jima hard mesh in, first time stringing a goalie stick, looks kinda messy, but throws great. thanx for all the help guys.

[viewburner]

i havent done this for one of my sticks but i had to string the jv goalies stick a couple weeks ago, mesh was dyed{very stupid] so it tookme a long time to break it in so finnayll i just strung it up. But then i filled up my bath tub with very warm water i soaked the stick in there for 15 min then i took it out leaned against the sink and put a boling ball in it it stretched out pretty good.

[wlaxgoaliedad]

What are the advantages of 20d, 14d, 12d, or 10d over the traditional 17d mesh? I know the diamonds are bigger on some of them, so I imagine it has less air resistance and may break in faster, but is there any playability advantage?

[Texlax33]

go to jimalax's site and click on each kind of goalie mesh, and it gives you little descriptions of what the types do, like pocket and throwing and what not.

[wlaxgoaliedad]

Thanks Texlax33. I didn't realize that they had that kind of information!

[AttackMan17]

Thanks Texlax33. I didn't realize that they had that kind of information!

Also, for the convenience of people who want the same thing you do. I made a thread entitled "mesh descriptions"