Pro-tac takedown-successful!

I wasn't thinking the other day and used citri-shine (sp?) conditioner on my head and my wefts all slipped out with just a rinse!  So I think next time I take down I am gonna use it again but not as my daily conditioner. Must be the citrus extracts in it.

When you do your take-downs, do you start with wet or dry hair before
adding the conditioner or oil? I've been doing it with dry hair but am
wondering if wet would make the wefts slip out more easily. So far, I've
had the best luck using Neutrogena Body Oil Light Sesame Formula,
believe it or not. I use it as an after-shower moisturizer (smells GREAT!)
and just happened to grab it when the conditioner I was using didn't
seem to be doing the job. I'm doing a full take-down next week so I'll
update after.

Its surprising how all of us have used this method and everyone has had differences in getting the protac out.  I found that mine just slipped out, I just used cheap conditioner from Asda's on range.  The easiest way to get the tapes off the wefts after they are out is to hold the weft and get a little hand towel and pull the tapes off the weft mine came off in one strip.  Easy.

I would definetly recommend the Proclaim shampoo remover as this loosened mine quite a lot first before putting the conditioner on them after.

I did a take down a couple of days ago, and I tried using the conditioner method.  Well, I used Fructis (sp?) conditioner, let it set for about 30 mins and then tried to pull them out.  They did not budge!!!  So I rinsed and then used Amm's orange oil, and had a hel$ of a time getting my bottom row out, I think the combo of cond. and then rinsing in the bathtub with my head upside down, then adding oil got eveything all flipped around and tangled!!  Anyways, got that row out and all the rest slipped right out with Amms oil. 

So what did I learn???  That I could condition my whole head with the Fructis conditioner and not have any slippage, and don't rinse with my head upside down!! 

I ended up using some Olive Oil to get some of the tapes off of the wefts, I put some in a small bowl, and let the tops of the wefts soak as I was taking the others out, and the tapes just slipped right off, and I had very little residue on the top.  Hey, maybe next take downI will just use OO.

 

I had my hair extensions with protac in for 10 days.  I only took them as the hair was not really upto much.

I washed my hair with Proclaim shampoo remover which actually made the wefts very loose.  I then completely covered my head in conditioner which I worked in under and around each tape, I did this for a couple of minutes and then mine just slid out, I washed my hair twice with some really nice shampoo and contioner which I had bought from Sally's and I had no residue or anything left in my hair.  When I got out of the shower I managed to get the tape of the wefts by pulling it off with a small towel.  My wefts have been washed and conditoned and their is a little bit of 'tackiness' which is still on the stitching at the top of the weft..

Edited by sassyhair

Getting the tape off the wefts is one of the hardest things for me to do.  It always seems to take some of the weft hair with it, and there is always a ton of sticky tape goo left over on the weft. 

I've never tried acetone, though.  Do you put it in a spray bottle?

if you use acetone on your next takedown, one word of advice....pull the tape off the weft as soon as you take it out of your hair. It seems to pull off the weft fairly easy doing it right away. The longer the acetone sits on the tapes the more the tape starts to get rubbery/gooey and its harder to grip the tape to peel it off the wefts!