DIY Pretippers - dimensions please???
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Topic: DIY Pretippers - dimensions please???
Posted By: mtolady
Subject: DIY Pretippers - dimensions please???
Date Posted: March 23 2005 at 9:45pm
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well, i just finished pretipping from my wefts. since i'm using
shrinkies and haircandy says shrinkies have a lot of room, i should be
fine.... but i'm just curious, how big in diameter do you usually make your pretips? and is it just me being INCREDIBLY MESSY, or is pretipping a messy job? ewwww! LOL ------------- has someone been swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool again? |
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: March 23 2005 at 9:59pm
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it gets less messy with practice. You also get more consistently
sized tips with practice. Though with wefts i would imagine thats
less of an issue. Anyhow small ones i do about 1/16" in diameter largest ones about 3/32" in diameter. split the difference for medium what kind of hair and what kind of glue are you using? |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: March 23 2005 at 10:39pm
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Damn, Mocha! You've got those dimensions down. I have a feeling someone's going to quickly become the resident pretipper around here! :) |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 23 2005 at 10:55pm
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LOL Mocha....Id be lost with those dimensions! (I never was good with math) I usually make my pretips about the size of a round toothpick (easier for my brain to interpret!) |
Posted By: Cali-Kristin
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 12:39am
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Just think "shoe lace tips." That's exactly what I think about when I'm making my pre-tipped pieces. Using shrink tubes you'll also have the ability to go a little thicker but remember that you'll have to attach thicker ones to a larger chunk of your own hair so it can support the larger extension piece.
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Posted By: mtolady
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 7:08am
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i was using gorilla glue as i saw someone talk about that on
here....and then i'll drop them with nail glue tonight during laundry. i did a test tip the other day w/ heat shrink tube...but that one i just used nail glue. Any reason why i can't do the whole thing w/ nail glue - other than i'll be whacked out from the fumes. i think most of my tips are less than the size of a cross section of a standard wood pencil. Although i probably could razor blade these in half if i needed to. I figured if the shrinkie could fit over it...and my hair chunk was enough...mind you my hair is THICK...so what one thin person would take up in a centimeter's square on a head is much less than what i'll get in that square section. Also, i'm only planning on doing from the nape of my neck up to maybe 1-2 rows above my ears. I need to have something on the sides, but only for length. stuff should arrive today....so maybe i'll test some tonight if hubby isn't too tired. ------------- has someone been swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool again? |
Posted By: Rapunzelwannabe
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 8:42am
| It's been my experience that nail glue alone makes the tips a little brittle, which makes them "crack" on installation, which eventually leads to shedding... |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 9:30am
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okay make fun of dimension girl. but you have to understand that
I work with men designing weird pieces of equipment all day so we have
to communicate like that. but shoelace tip is slightly large than what I'd call a medium so we're all obviously on the same page. |