Pro Tac Help!

Yup...that's the GREATEST Stuff since sliced bread for me!!  Didn't like there other products to combat frizzies but the straightner is the bomb. I put it on before I blow dry and then a little on as I flat iron or curl.... and dab a little on during the week....cause I only wash my hair 1x a week...sooooo....it works fantastic if you have dry frizzy hair... just use a flat iron and it makes my hair smooooooth. 

Hi, where do you get the proclaim from as i would like to try it for removing my pro-flex/pro-tac tape - acetone was not too good for me.

Thanks xx

About the chunks of highlights, someone on here had a good demo on
how to do it. Usually in the pro-tac I put one full weft, and above it 1inch
strips (or whatever size you want)

It's in my head, but sometimes things in my head aren't as clear when I
am typing it.

misslou- yes you could the anchoring it with a shr****** or microlink.
Lots of people here have done it and love it. I just can't help but wonder if
the rest of the protac slips, then it's all just holding on by those 2
microlinks....ouch!!! Sounds painful!

And yeah, the brick laying thing works best for me too!

thanks autumn1, it's just MSPaint that comes w/ Windows.  i'm an artist for a video game company who doesn't own a digicam so i usually end up painting my ideas and examples in photoshop, but i was strapped for time on another's pc, so i just used MSPain.

Oh honey, how flattering...I don't think anyones every called me brillliant before! Really makes my Day!  We're just all Hair Wizards, aren't we! Actually, my specialty in ext. is custom coloring....since i think color and hair just go together like peas and carrots. Before I start tho, wow what a FANTASTIC Graphic you did! How'd you do it? Photoshop? It's really cool!

I use cuticleless hair for the most part because there is zero tangling ever and the hair stays shiny and pristene, (since it's coated with a resin.) The only drawback to this type of hair is that it can't be colored in the traditional sense....with hair color or bleached. I have discovered tho, that it can be stained into beautiful shades of all sorts with 'hair color filler'. As there is no cuticle for the color to attach to, this 'filler', works great.    Now for the highlights and 'streaks/chunks with wefts....using the tape, I alternate two or three (or more) splices of various hair shades onto the tape....that's one way and the easiest, I think. Another way is to custom blend the hair in small bulk bundles and carefully smash the hair onto the sticky side of the tape.....carefully dab some Liguid Gold onto the hair, sparingly, then fold the tape down (sandwich style) hit it with the straight iron or wand with heat and wha-lah, ....there it is.  Do remember to brush the non-wefted hair rather briskly once it's taped, because there will be some shedding. If you get most of that out before attaching it to the client (or yourself) then you won't have as much shedding or any at all.  Let me (All of us, on the Board) know how it goes!!

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hugs, autumn

hey there naked eye, you're by no means a stick in the mud! Since I'm a new-found believer in the tape methods....here's something I did that seem to take care of that 'conturing' challenge of the top roll...and actually now that I think about it the whole head. I cut stips of about 2 1/2" to 3" wide of the tape and did the brick layer method on my own head to see how it felt. It was much better than a one long piece in the back (from ear to ear say) and absoluted no bunching or tauntness on the head or hair. Kind of reminds me of when sewing something on a curve or rounded edge and cutting the material so that the edge lays flat. With smaller strip sizes up higher in the back, the head is rounder....good grief, enough! ha

has anyone tried the contoured tapes for the top row? 

none of them seem to come in the protac tape, but i would imagine the curv would really make things easy.

some great ideas girls....

Oh yes, I did that too. One time my wefts were just a wee bit wet (and I
was anxious) and I realized luckily before the install that they wouldn't
stick in the pro-tacs.

Also, I blow dry my hair and just wait about 15 minutes, sometimes the
heat fools you and makes it feel like it's dry, but once it cools down you
realize it's not fully dry.

Oh yeah, one last thing (sorry I've had lots of trial and error with
pro-tacs) when you fold the tapes over on the wefts, blast it with the blow
dryer on high, then take like the back of the comb or something hard,
and really press it down on there. Then, when installing, do the same,
blast it and press it down really hard in your hair. It seems like it helps
the tapes melt some and stick better.

I thought I'd remembered hearing bad things about the dark
Proclaim. Chrissy V dark brown, on the other hand, is a cinch to
remove. I guess I'll just keep using that. My one bottle of Chrissy V
is really lasting and hasn't gotten gunky yet. I've been keeping it in
the refrigerator and only taking it out right when I need it, then
putting it right back in, and storing it in an airtight container.

As far as products to keep the wefts from falling out with Protac, I've
found that for me moisturizing shampoo and conditioner do nothing
to cause the tapes to loosen. I do install them very carefully, in
clean, dry hair. I use Sherrie's technique of pushing the hair down
hard onto the tapes using the side of a comb. I push and push and
run my fingers along the top and along the sides of the bond, making
sure that my hair is pressed tightly to every place on the tape. I
don't wet my hair or shampoo for a few days after installation, either.    
Once the Protac has "set" I can brush my hair and tug on it hard,
even when it is wet, and have no slippage of the tapes.

The other thing I've found that seems to be keeping the wefts in
more securely is to place them in smaller pieces rather than in one
long piece around my head. I find that the flatter the wefts lay
against my head the longer the tapes seem to hold. With my head at
least, there is no way to place "horseshoe" shaped wefts completely
flat. I also find it much easier to get really good placement of the
wefts when the are not so long.