QuoteReplyTopic: Cool v. Hot for Synth Styling Posted: January 21 2005 at 6:46am
OK, so for all of us who are experimenting with our new synth hair, I've been doing some more reading, and I think the ability to curl the Dome, ProStyles, or PH depends on the ability to cool it in the same position. So, hot rollers or steam rollers would work--as long as they're allowed to dry in the same position--whereas a curling iron would not.
On Bridget's site, it says: "Hot rollers work well and will provide a long holding curl if you allow them to cool completely before taking down. Use a curler one size smaller than the finished curl size you desire"; and "When using a blow dryer it is best to use the warm setting with a diffuser. Use the cold setting on the dryer to set a blow dry style. Avoid pulling your extensions with the brush when they are warm."
Does this sound correct? Can anyone who's worn or used synth hair verify this?
I know that when I worked at a place that did men's hairpieces, we used a steamer to curl the synthetic hair. There are two ways to do this:
Wrap the hair in whatever roller size you want, and then we would steam it. The steamer was one of those big commercial ones that dry cleaners use. I do think they make smaller, cheaper ones for home use to steam clothes. Steam curlers would also work, I bet.
Another way to do it (at least with hairpieces) is to use a very cheap curling iron set on low heat. You take your section of hair you want to curl, and you mist it with water from a spray bottle and then curl for a few seconds with your low heat iron.
If we wanted to perm the hairpiece, we'd wrap it in perm rods, and then let very hot tap water run over it for a good five minutes.
With all methods, let the curl cool down completely before you take out the roller. If you're doing the iron technique, once you take the iron out of your section, don't distrub the curl until it cools completely.
What metagirl said is all true. I think the best method to curl synth would involve water of some kind. I have a friend that makes dolls and I do the fancy hair for them and I wrap the hair with tiny perm rods and then dunk them in boiling water for about 30 seconds and then into cold water for another 30 seconds then since its a doll I let them set overnight. So for synth on a human head, some type of steam is needed to set the curl. Steam hot rollers I would think is the best bet, since you can set your hair, then go about your business and let them cool down.
Hmmmm interesting. My hot rollers worked very well with the prostyles. But I was concerned about the curl holding. So then maybe steam rollers will help 'set' the curl. Ok...I am grasping this concept! No type of curling iron I have tried has worked well on the prostyles. It did not work at all dry, It curled well wet, but I didnt like the looks of the ends of the hair. I think after a few times it would be fried.
Yeah, he's fine. He has spiky, jet-black hair, so I cut up the ProStyles into little blue chunks and put in about 30 or so. I think I burned him once, but he'll be OK. (He has more hair than he knows what to do with, so even if there's damage, it's no big deal--I could cut off half his hair and he'd have enough--wish it were the same for me....). :)
Yeah, it looks pretty cool. I think I want to add some other blues, too--like a dark navy blue and a purple maybe. I hope he doesn't end up looking like Bozo the Clown because of this hobby of mine.....
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