Protac Takedown #3: Easiest yet!

No problem, Lisa... share away!

tbctbc, I wear mine until the Protac tape has really dissolved into a big pile of goo on the hair on the wefts. This last time it was 8 weeks before I took them down and reinstalled them. With the citrus remover I can get most of the tape off, but there is definitely goo mushed in and remaining in the hair. More citrus remover on this just gunks the goo into the hair worse, but the acetone gets it right out of the hair and mostly off the wefts too.

Malibu, for me it is simple to get the glue out of my hair but a pain to get it off the wefts. BTW, the pics of your first install look great! Welcome to the world of Protac Addicts!
    

Edited by kristie m - May 30 2006 at 7:59pm

Kristie, hope you don't mind but I shared your takedown with the Ladies over at BHM.

Thank you so muchKristie.  this is very helpful for me.  I did order the Citrix remover with my LG/Protac.  thanks for info about removing the glue.  I have always used acetone and it does work well.

So, I took down my third install of Wagman with Protac/LG, and did some experimenting because I was going to be replacing the hair in the lower wefts. What I found is that, although I like acetone for the ease with which it removes the wefts (and think it is the greatest for cleaning them,) citrus remover is by far the easiest and safest for my hair, and the least sticky way to get the wefts out of my hair when they're in with Protac and LG. What I was left with on my hair when I removed with acetone was a horrible, sticky mess, but with the citrus remover, every little bit of gunk combed right out and two shampoos later my hair was perfectly clean!

I found that once the wefts were removed, the citrus remover didn't do a good job at all of getting the wefts clean. It just dissolved the tapes into messy goo on the hair.

My new routine for takedown: working on one side at a time, I wet down the wefts with citrus remover. As they come out I immediately dunk the top of the weft into a bowl of acetone and peel off the tape. Then I use my nail to scrape off as much of the remaining goo as I can with the top of the weft in the acetone, then throw the weft into a sink full of clarifying shampoo and filtered water. When I'm done, I comb through my hair to get out the last of the goo, and put the wefts into a second sink of shampoo and water. I rinse them and put a good conditioner on (I'm loving Schwarzkopf Bonacure Total Repair Treatment these days) and hop into the shower. I wash my hair, condition, and while the condtioner is sitting on my hair I rinse off the wefts in the shower, pulling off any more balls of goo that may remain. Afterwards, I comb the hair on the wefts with a fine-toothed nit comb and hang them to dry. My hair comes out perfectly clean and healthy and the wefts free of stickiness except for the little bit at the top where the tapes go. I won't be dreading the takedown step nearly as much now that I've got a method that works easily for me.