hey guys
i got some 'new' pads a few weeks ago. i couldn't believe the shape these things were in - almost new! i think there was maybe 12 puck marks per pad! either the guy who had them before me absolutely sucked, or he just didn't use them.
my only knock against the pads was that they were white with a couple of black stripes. my men's team colours are primarily red/white/black (with a little silver/grey thrown in) so i REALLY wanted to add some red to them so they'd match!
a buddy of mine had told me about a product called pad skinz (you know it must be cool becuz of how they spell 'skinz' - ha! ha! ...yes... i do realize how i spelt becuz
). so for about $60 (product/shipping/tax) i got some red material. it's like a leather/pad material with a ridiculous adhesive on the back.
so here's what the pads started out like....
i used green painters tape to get my templates, then just transferred the tape to the pad skinz material and cut it out
here are the before and afters....
blocker/trapper....
and the 'T' of the trapper. i really wanted to put a colts logo into the material but it didn't work. the embroidery machine couldn't handle the adhesive - it totally gummed up the machine and caused constant thread breaks
and here are the pads with our jerseys....
i'm really happy with how everything turned out and still have almost half the pad skinz material left over. i'm looking forward to getting on the ice tonight to see what my teammates think!!
and for those that are interested, you can check out pad skinz webpage here:
http://www.padskinz.ca/home/