LG question for anyone who uses

thanks for the reply sherrie,  I actually purchased my hair already pretipped then I  heated them up and combined the pretipps so i had bigger bunches then  i fused a few more clumps together and stuck them to the wefts , i think all the melting and melting caused me to loos alot  of the glue/ keratin stuff so  my pretipps were sheeding really bad, that why I took them out and  need to reinforce those suckers.. but i also a  small amount of weft hair that I also stuck to the protac and I didn't have any shedding from that , but the protac came off the pretipps much easier.. anyways.. that why I was wondering about  buying some liquid gold to use that to refuse m y pretips..

Pink Paradise.. I would like to hear a review on the protac compared to the liquid gold when you put in your ProTac.. be fun to hear the comparison.. pros and cons.., glad you found something you like and works.. its so much fun isn't it!

nicci, so you are using pro-tac tape with pretipped hair that you have pretipped yourself with LG correct?

Maybe next time try weft hair with the protac. Or if you have a supply of bulk hair that you need to use up, Try either fusing several of your tips together side by side before installing onto the tape ( as Amm did in her pictures that she posted). Or try a different tipping glue like keratin.

I'll try to locate the post (with pictures) where amm fused the tips together

I've been doing a similar thing on my top tracks with Protac and Chrissy
V. Neither one alone seemed to hold perfectly, and just using Chrissy V
was messy. I now have 3/4 of a Protac tape in on the top, with the uncut
half on the bottom and the smaller piece on the top where it tends to
show more. I layered a little hair onto the tape. Then I squirted a bunch
of Chrissy V over the tape, layered a little more hair into it and zapped it
with the blowdryer. It has held perfectly and the Chrissy V (in dark brown)
covers up the white shiny tape pretty well. I've removed this combo once
with acetone and it was a breeze.

I'm not sure how many weeks you can wear it because I change mine every 3 weeks.  I wash every few days

Sherrie... Ahh, thanks.  I didnt know that about LG. Ive only used it for putting in tracks.  Now im glad i couldnt find any shops open today. 

Well, i have $75 worth of hair that i need to figure out how to get onto my daughter's head.  Ive never used the links or shrikies before.  They seem like they would stick out, especially around the crown.  Is that the case?

I am using ProTac/Liquid Gold combo in my hair.  I can't use ProTac alone because the top row of the tape shows through.  And I'm not using Liquid Gold alone, because for some reason my bottom rows come out at first wash.  So here's what I do.  Split the ProTac in half and apply it to ONE side of the weft.  Stick that to my hair (this will be the underide of the bond).  Then I put Liquid Gold on top of the weft (just on the stitching) and pull my own hair over that.  I personally don't have any problems getting that out of my hair.  Acetone makes it all slip right out. 

Sherrie, did you put LG on the tape itself?

Pro-tac tape alone holds wonderful. I wouldnt recommend using LG with pro-tac. I tried that once and had a really difficult time getting the tape/glue combo out of my hair. Liquid gold removes well with acetone...and Pro-Tac removes easily with acetone. But in MY hair, something about that combo, didnt remove easily at all.

vykky...the LG doesnt work well for individual extensions. Messy, flaky doesnt make a nice neat bond and wont hold up for long. The LG is great for pretipping for the purpose of applying with shrinks or links.

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All this info is brill - i was just about to ask what method is best to remove bonding/pro-flex tape.  I have lots of acetone in as i used to have extensions bonded with glue so had to stock up.  Can anyone tell me though, is it ok to just use the pro-flex tape or do you think LG is best to keep them in?

Thanks 

Kazzyxx

Lynn for me personally, since my hair is fine and thin its hard to attach enough strands to get the fullness I want. I would have to use very very thin strands of my own hair attached to the extension hair to get the fullness/volume that I like. With wefts methods you can double up the wefts to get more thickness.

pinkparadise, I agree with bird...acetone is so much easier for removal. Any beauty supply store carries professional acetone in the acrylic nail supplies area.

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Pink, I have used the orange oil remover AND acetone.  Acetone BY FAR works better.  With the orange oil you have to wait and work it in, and apply more, and wait more, and be very patient because it's hard to get out.  With acetone, you just pour some over the bond, maybe give it a little press with your finger to make sure its completely saturated, and it slides right out, no tugging, no pulling, no waiting!   You probably could use nail polish remover because it is mostly acetone, but I don't know as I have never tried it.  I go to the beauty supply store and buy 100% pure acetone.  It's no more expensive than nail polish remover.  I wouldn't use non-acetone nail polish remover though.  My guess is that it wouldn't work because it lacks the acetone!