stripping the eclipse

[NALC24]

hi all...
i am currently stripping my stx eclipse goalie head for a re-dye.
the only problem is the head has all ready been dyed in its previous life. what i was wondering was can i re-dye the head and the new colour not be affected or should i use some sort of paint stripper first to remove the old dye. will the paint stripper weaken the head?
thanks

[middleton23]

you can't strip dye from a head, because the head is DYED not painted. it is actually soaked into the nylon/whatever fiber that makes the head. if it is not a dark color, you can dye over it, but the color might come out bad, if it IS a dark color, you cant dye over it, and you have to deal with the color u have. also, it should be known that dye of any kind will weaken heads, which is why dying voids warrantys

[Laxattack05]

What color is the Eclipse right now? What color do you want it to be?

[NALC24]

like a light brown atm and i want i white top with red bottom (team colours) think i might just paint over it and see how it comes out
thanks for that middleton23

[spyopticgoggles]

dont paint over it, it chips away and looks crappy. i have tried this and it is bad. h/o i will get you a pic of mine
http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/stringings6.4.07_012c54.jpg (http://imagesocket.com/view/stringings6.4.07_012c54.jpg)

[lax4salem26]

just go out and buy a new eclipse and save yourself soem trouble, i did that because i didnt want to break my eclipse i've had since 5th grade.