Help with Pro-flex removal

Why dont you try the Proclaim shampoo remover it works on me when I am taking out my proflex, I have never used acetone at all.  After using the Proclaim shampoo remover I use cheap Asda conditioner and the tapes just slide out and there is never any residue left in my hair.

I have never tried acetone, but when I used Biolage Ultra-hydrating balm I had every single newly installed well attached protac tape fall out onto the shower floor and I didn't even put it directly on the tapes. It came out so easy I never even touched the tapes lol.

I used the orange oil for every intentional removal, it took a long time but worked well.  I haven't reinstalled with protac (I have fallen in love with the liquid gold and acetone removal) since, but I would definitely give the Biolage Ultra-hydrating balm (not the regualr hydrating balm) a shotl

One of the things I've found with acetone and Protac is that the
acetone breaks down the tape into goo VERY quickly. With the
conditioner/oil removal method you put the stuff all over all the tapes
and wait awhile. With acetone you have to work on ONE TAPE AT A
TIME! I use a squirt bottle with a very tiny hole in the tip. You start
at one end of the tape and squirt and separate, working down the
tape. As soon as I get one tape out I dunk the top of the weft in a
small bowl of acetone and IMMEDIATELY pull off the Protac. If I wait,
the tape has disintegrated into goo on the weft. Then I dump the
weft into a sink full of soapy shampoo water to soak. A little good
conditioner and a rinse and the wefts are ready to be combed
through, dried, and reinstalled.

As far as what is left on my hair, I agree, it is a sticky, goopy nasty
mess. I squirt where the bonds were with citrus remover, rub in
some conditioner, put a cap on it and wait awhile. I use this time to
finish washing and conditioning the wefts I've removed. Then I wash
my hair with clarifying shampoo, leave it in for a few minutes, rinse,
then put in a deep conditioner. By this time the gunk is almost gone.
I use a wide-toothed comb in the shower to gently comb through my
hair while the conditioner is in, gently combing out any balls of gunk
that are left. A good rinse and all the gunk is gone from my hair.

If you do an experiment with a piece of Protac and a little bowl of
pure acetone, you'll see how fast the acetone disintegrates the
protac. What is left is a sticky, nasty, gross substance. It will come
off your hair if you use more acetone, but, again, you have to work
on one spot at a time. If you just wet all your hair with acetone, the
tape will disintegrate further into an even messier mess.

Using the method I've described above, about 95% of the stickiness
stays with the tape and pulls off the weft in one gross, sticky piece. I
keep a box of Kleenex handy because that tape blob sticks to
anything it touches. Getting it into a Kleenex and into the trash
keeps things much less messy.

I've gotta say, though that the take-down process is the part I really
really hate because of all the stickiness. Yuck! But conditioner was
worse for me because it didn't release the tapes as easily and left a
bunch more gunk all over the extension hair. I spend HOURS
cleaning the stickiness off the length of the extension hair, and then
had to use cornstarch after they had dried, and rewash, to get all the
gross stickiness off the hair.

I had to take mine out the same day I put them in and I used conditioner and then I used a little vegetable oil in the shower and rubbed that in and they came right out. My hair was not greasy from the oil it washed right out also

I would use the orange oil, saturate it very well and let it sit for a while before you start pulling the tapes out.

Kazzy, I had the same problem as you.  When I used Acetone, it just turned into a huge sticky mess.  I use orange oil, I got mine from shrinkies.net, but any one of the above will work great.  I am goin to re-stock up on my remover and tapes and will buy from Sherrie's store this time.

I also has good luck with using Olive Oil, you have to put it into a squirt bottle, and it get the hair REALLY oily, but is releases the tape really well also.

Don't give up, next time will be easier!!

Did you say the orange oil remover works well also and where do you buy it from? 

Thanks

To be honest i bought a few bottles of pure acetone but had one bottle from a while ago so maybe with it being older it didnt work so well?

 

Well, when i put the acetone on it didnt seem to shift the tape at all so i gently poured more on to soak in as i thought it would slip them out easy.  It did move them slightly but i had to keep putting more and more on, the glue got so sticky and messy.

I know i couldnt understand why they just did not want to come out - i think i could have left them in for ages if i didnt need to do my roots.  The tape was great though, there was no slippage, i could use any condidtioner and they would still stay put - just the top where the hair goes over came loose.