I personally think that Fray Block and Fray Check are terrible weft sealers as they are VERY thin.. IMO a good weft sealant must be able to form a bond with the hair in order to be effective. For this to occur, the sealant must have some viscosity.
(Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to being deformed by either shear stress or extensional stress.
It is commonly perceived as "thickness", or resistance to flow.
Viscosity describes a fluid's internal resistance to flow and may be
thought of as a measure of fluid friction. Thus, water is "thin", having a lower viscosity, while vegetable oil is "thick" having a higher viscosity.)
Fray
Block and Fray Check are low in viscosity, whereas Aleene's Stop
Fraying has a higher viscosity, as does the weft sealer that HE101
sells. There are other similar products available at your local fabric
stores. Two years ago I tried an experiment to test a lot of these
products side by side for effectiveness as weft sealers. I won't bore
you with the LONG list of glues that I tried, but with the exception of
Aleenes Stop Fraying, I personally rejected many of these other
products as ineffective due to either lack of viscosity, flexibility (how hard did they dry), the product's
inability to resist heat and water, or a combination of all of these factors. HTH
Edited by Divavocals - June 01 2008 at 9:23pm
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You can use Aleenes Stop Fraying, but it takes 5 days to cure (no water contact), unlike the weft sealer which is cure as soon its dry. There is also Fray Block found in sewing departments of stores, but I am not sure about the cure time with it.
hii! I'm going to buy the weft sealer off Sherrie's site, but I need to do an install today and don't have it . I was wondering what is a good one I could go out and buy today, or a random product that I could use as one successfully? Or does it really matter? I'm using Bohyme wefts, if that helps. Thank you, lovelies!
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. I was wondering what is a good one I could go out and buy today, or a random product that I could use as one successfully? Or does it really matter? I'm using Bohyme wefts, if that helps. Thank you, lovelies! 
