Amazing Protac removal--acetone!

Sherrie was right! Acetone alone got the Protac out of my hair and the
tape off the wefts with NO residue whatsoever, and the process was FAST
and not messy at all.

I was disheartened by how long it took to get my first installation out,
how much hair I lost, and what a pain it was to get the wefts reasonably
clean. I was halfways thinking I might not be able to continue to use
Protac. Well, I decided to try another installation despite my reservations,
and I am so glad I did.

Today I wanted to take out two side double pieces to reposition them.
The top one was in with Chrissy V glue and that one popped off and
cleaned up with acetone, easily, as usual. Then I applied a cotton ball
with pure acetone to the second weft, which was stuck firmly into my hair
with a full width of Protac tape. That sucker came out in about 3.2
seconds and didn't take one bit of my own hair with it when it came out.
Then I soaked the tape on the weft in acetone for about five
seconds--every stinking bit of the sticky tape came right off the hair and
weft. Amazing!

Thank you, Sherrie, for this great idea that's going to keep me in Protac
and extensions for a long time to come!   

Great idea.  I have some old wefts that I cant get the latex (my very first installation, total nightmare) out of and I wonder if that would work?

I am amazed you had a tough time taking it out, I found it super easy. I wonder if it comes out easier in certain types of hair?  The tape was a little hard to get off the wefts with the peices I totally saturated with remover, but I learned if I didn't get the tape real wet with it and only massaged the remover around the hair stuck to it that the tape peels right off in one piece.

Does acetone break down liquid gold?

Thanks Sherrie!  I'm glad you're such an experimenter!

Funny - I just took out my pro-tac wefts with acetone today, too!  The tape definitely came off the wefts much easier with the acetone. 

Here's my summary of methods:

Orange oil remover - good to get wefts out of hair and get all left over tape goo out of hair, but removing the tape from the wefts is difficult.

Conditioner - good to get the wefts out of the hair , hard to get tape off the wefts.  Tape goo residue remains on hair.

Acetone - good to get wefts out of the hair, very easy to get tape off wefts.  Tape goo residue remains in hair.

longhairaddict, Ive never been able to make a weft method last quite as long as a strand method. (Usually about 7 weeks tops for me.) Someone with thicker hair may be able to wear them longer, the tracks may not slip as fast on thick hair or dry hair.

Id say just keep on eye one the area underneath the wefts. If you start getting alot of matting under there then its time for a takedown! 

I took my Pro-Tac out a few hours ago with acetone!  They slid right out with absolutely no residue on the weft or my hair!  That rocks! 

i like the C22, but honestly it burns my scalp...and im pretty tough, so i've found that slathering my whole head with thick conditioner first not only helps loosend the tapes but also protects my scalp from the C22, i just spray a little of it on  any areas that are still stuck after i let the condtioner sit for a half hour

you are right Elvira, good thing we have lots of choices for removal, since different things work for different folks! Im like nursie, the C22 burns my scalp and skin.