heat resistant silicone?
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Topic: heat resistant silicone?
Posted By: marie87
Subject: heat resistant silicone?
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 4:45pm
Ok so I read that post which looks like an add to me about some extensionist in NY but I did run across intersesting info on her site. It said that for shrink tubing ex she coats great lengths hair with a heat and water resistant silicone making it a permanint tip. You could most likly coat any pre tipped with it I will go to the depo and see wha I can find
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 4:50pm
| like hardware store silicone that is in a big tube similar to caulking? |
Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 5:01pm
Worth a try I guess
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 5:20pm
| I've used that stuff for various unrealted projects and its really messy. Good luck to anyone who wants to give it a try... |
Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 5:42pm
| I will have to see if it is heat resistant. But I guess you could paint it on like LG. I am pre tiping with my epoxy right now 50 more to go,messy but one step is nice! |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 6:12pm
| Hmm...Marie, do you have the link for the site? I'm curious because, AFAIK, all Great Lengths hair comes pretipped (with the shoelace bond tip). Is she suggesting that she retips that hair for use with shrinkies? Seems a little odd to me. :) |
Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 7:38pm
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Jenny it's on that cybermane post that's where I saw it. Since she can get great lengths she just coats the hair to use with shrinks allthough she say's she will also pre tip other hair. I am only curious because it would be easyer to use pre tiped hair for shrinks. I think the problem with nail glue is the shrink dosen't want to stay atached to it. And liquid gold bonds back to the hair creating more adhesive to remove. so I wonder if the silacone would be better only for coating pre tips, for making my own the epoxy is working great but you can't have to many options |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 7:45pm
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I see. It's an interesting idea. I'll be eager to hear how it goes with the epoxy install. I believe you're the first one here to try this, yes? :) |
Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 6:02am
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Yes, so far I have them in 3 friends - clients and myself. I am doing another today! they are staying in great. I melt them so that the tip and end of shrink are flush. when you take them out there in great shape they dont remelt or any thing. I think the thing about it is these were ment to adhear to plastic as in electric cords and the epoxy is just that. I use an epoxy that can with stand temps of 149 c and mix only a half dime size at a time and put it in with popcicle stick sometimes I use my fingers to really get the bonds smaller an 1/8 wide or less.
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 6:15am
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Marie, I'm sorry if you posted this info before, but what kind of epoxy are you using and where is it available? Thanks! :) |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 6:21am
| Marie you may be on to something here! Is this the most innovative, imaginative and creative group of DIY'ers or what! WE ROCK! hehehe |
Posted By: luzminerva4u
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 6:40am
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You said it Sherrie!!. Marie....This is great info. I'm confused is Silicon the same as Epoxy? ------------- That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Hapiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria! |
Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 7:24am
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That's what I was just telling Fina I would like to do with the GL
hair......hee hee......great find Marie!! Now where do we get this stuff?  I was going to try coating it first with something (nail
glue-I was thinking) and if that didn't work I was just going to cut off the tip and re-tip. From the site....... http://www.cybermane.com/ - http://www.cybermane.com/ Heat Shrink Reusable Individual Strands per bundle- I prefer using Great Lengths 100% virgin human hair for this method, although I can create reusable strands with any hair. I coat it with heat-proof & water-proof silicone. |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 7:33am
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Please please please look at flashpoints on anything you're going to be putting under a heat wand or near a heat source.
If you're not sure, Google the MSDS (material safety data sheets) on a product. Some epoxy compounds are HIGHLY flammable. /insert emoticon of face with flaming troll hair |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 7:40am
ohhhh.... Absolutely right Amm....be careful girls with your experiments. Id hate to see anyones hair go up in flames.
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Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 7:50am
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Don't worry girls I will be super careful and do my homework.
Marie~ You have tested this epoxy with heat and it is working well for you...Can you tell me the exact brand name and where you get it from? Sorry if you have already answered this question.
Haha...just say Jenny asked the same Q..... 
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 8:37am
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hmmm maybe I'll bring home some epoxy from work... Are you using a five minute epoxy? overnight cure? |
Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 3:34pm
Hi guy's, Yes I tested this on a manikin frist it works great dose not remelt. I think its flamible whie in its liquid state so dont smoke and tip once it has cured it will not melt with the temp of the docs heat wand and when there is a shrinky between the two eaven less chance! I tryed two diferent types the one I like best is from home depo Pacer technology Gel epoxy indusrrial strength quit set 4-6 min allso says super glu corporatin on package. the other one seemed to leave a oily residue so this is the one Im sticking two. mix little bits at a time and open window!! it can be handled soon after applying but 24 hours to cure.Silocone is not the same I will go to the depo to check out whats out there this week end. I did another client to day with epoxy and shrinks. 
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Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 4:27pm
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Thank You Marie!!
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Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 5:27pm
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You are so welcome! I've taken lots -nice to give back
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 07 2005 at 6:16pm
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Hmm...well, I think a lot of this stuff is somewhat flammable when it's
wet, not to mention toxic. It seems like it's all good when it's dry. Thanks for the info, Marie. :) |