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    Posted: February 20 2005 at 3:48pm
I was looking at hand held steamers for curling synth and I was wondering, what kind of rollers would you use? Just plain old rollers like the old pink kind? or a perm rod type roller?
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Hey Em,

I think the steamers are usually used to smooth out/straighten synth, but I imagine if you put your hair in rollers, then steamed it, it would work quite well, too. I would think you could use any type of rollers (although I wouldn't want to use Velcro). And perming rods might work great, because you really need to use the smaller rollers to get a good wave.

I used the Caruso steam ones last night and they worked really well; next time, I'll use the smaller rollers, though, and leave them in a longer than recommended.

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I would be afraid of burning my head if I tried to use a steamer on rollers on my head! Im thinking that steam cap that was posted in another gread might be a really good idea for synthetic hair. Let me see if I can find it again!

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LOL sorry I was thinking of using it on my wig so the steam wont be anywhere near my head. Since the wig I ordered is very straight, I thought I could throw a curl into it every now and then and mix it up a bit.
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You could also use the flexible rod curlers. I don't know if that's the exact name for them, but they're a piece of wire around between like 8 and 12 inches long covered with foam that can be used for perms or regular roller sets. I bought some to curl my hair by wearing overnight, and they work great (and come in many sizes). I bought 'em at Sally's.
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Hee, steaming on head. :)

You -could- actually do this...some steamers are not powerful enough to burn. I had a Steam Bullet once, and it was gentle enough the I could put my hand in front of the stream. It sucked for sealing dreads, but cleaned my oven pretty well.

For steamers, the defining thing are their wattage. For on-head steaming, don't use anything more powerful than 900 watts (a Steam Bullet)- for off-head steaming, 900 and up is fine. I've used the Biagiante SteamXpress, the Conair Compact and the Conair Professional steamers, and heard good things about the Euro Pro and...some other I can't recall atm.

Aside from steaming the wig, you could also blast it with a hairdryer or dip it in boiling water, then let it cool/dry before uncurling. Has the same effect.

Oh, you'll also want to make sure your wig is either kanekalon or monofiber. Anything else won't respond to heat or steam.

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Oh yeah I always make sure my wigs are kanekalon, I learned that lesson with the very first wig I ever bought. It was some wierd fiber stuff they dont even use anymore. I think this wig was dug out of a warehouse somewhere and was old, it even smelled old. I did some research and talked to some people and they said kanekalon was the way to go. The next wig I bought I made sure was kanekalon and it was great, in fact I still have it and its going on 4 years old and still looks great.
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Sho'; KK is good stuff.

As for rollers...I'm thinking those vented plastic ones would let more steam through them than foam ones? Just guessing, though.

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Thanks Rae, that is a great suggestion. Vented ones would let the steam penetrate the hair and probably make it curl better. Gotta write all this down for my next trip to the store.
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I have steamed synth hair on perm rods and it worked great and perm rods are cheap. Just let the synth cool and dry on them. And it should be fine. I use the Mac Daddy of steamers, the Jiffy, but any other steamer should work fine.
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