pro-tac takedown hell
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Topic: pro-tac takedown hell
Posted By: Dunebug
Subject: pro-tac takedown hell
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 8:17pm
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Ok, I am in the middle of taking down my first successful protac install, and
what at first seemed like a really easy take down is fast becoming a nightmare! I used the orange oil to take it out and they all slid out really easily within minutes. But I have washed my hair what seems like a million times and I cannot get the gummy residue out of my hair. And I dont just mean at the roots, I mean that the length of my hair is just coated in gum. I certainly don't know how I will ever get it off my wefts! I've used ordinary shampoo, clarifying, dish soap and pre-bonding shampoo and nothing is helping. Ugh, it's hard to even wash it off my hands. Any ideas? Right now I'm soaking my hair wih olive oil to try and... I don't know, do something, anything. What have you guys used to get residue out? |
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Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 8:51pm
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I have never had any residue on my hair after a take down. I guess I would suggest soak the hair in the orange oil and take a fine toothed comb and slowly comb down the length. As for the weft, I have has some gummy stuff, and what I couldn't pick off or rub off, I just left and re-installed. I have not had any problems with it after installation. Good luck. |
Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 9:00pm
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Yeah this isnt like any residue I've had before. I've combed the heck out of it
with both the orange oil and I've tried the LG remover. Its actually improving now, I soaked it with olive oil and just washed it again 3 times with dish soap. Its not back to normal by any means but it's improving. Its not like clumps or even little blobs... it's like a gummy coating. its yukky : ( I swear nothing is ever simple for me! My pro-tac falls out, my Bohyme tangles and now this! typical! 
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Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 9:02pm
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I feel your pain! |
Posted By: frantic463
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 9:12pm
| the olive oil definitily helped for me.. i left it in for an hour or so and then washed and conditioned it and finger combed out the gummyness |
Posted By: kirstyx1888xmac
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 2:09am
| that seems strange. how long did you have your install in for? perhaps its easier for a takedown after the glue has startes to break down itself |
Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 4:06am
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I took mine out with regular conditioner, there was no gumminess at all, try that next time chick. I think oil is the only way you'll get this stuff out this time now though x ------------- [URL=http://www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk]www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk[/URL] |
Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 5:29am
| Maybe cornstarch will help soak up the gummy crap? I know it works for vasalene... |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:30am
| You know too much about Vaseline, Kalika. |
Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:47am
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Thats just nasty Syren:P hehe....vel umh if you still aint getting it out...maby pop up a bottle of "good`ol" Acetone? o.o its scare tha sh*t out of me ...but it migth get the gunk out.... scary stuff ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3 
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Posted By: corpuskristen
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:08pm
| Second Kalika on the cornstarch. Last bad take down I had, I used tons of baby powder on my head and all the gunk balled up so that I could comb it out. |
Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:23pm
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Ooh, I never thought of trying to dry it out. I will keep that in mind next
time. I did finally get it all out with multiple olive oil soaks followed by dish soap scrubbings. I was actually cursing myself during this whole fiasco for not trying conditioner first since it ocurred to me that it might be a less gummy way of removing it! haha Hindsight is 20/20 |
Posted By: sarytyr
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 12:58pm
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I am re-installing mine this weekend. Will definately be going the conditioner route before trying anything else. Glad you finally got the goo out! ------------- |
Posted By: PRPRINCESS
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 1:08pm
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ok. wait! I was under the impression that Amm's orange oil will take these things out with no problem. No goo coated hair mentioned. One of my clients agreed to be a model so I have installed already and she loves them. When the time comes to take them out, am i supposed to soak her head in olive oil after I have slid out the wefts? Or do I just let her sit with conditioner on her head (any particular type work better?) and then slide out the wefts (no orange oil?). What has worked best for you ladies? Now I am getting worried. Are the pro tact tapes too good to be true? prprincess ------------- PRPRINCESS |
Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 2:16pm
The orange oil has worked just fine for 2 of my take downs. I have not used anything else. I also had no residue on my hair, just a little bit on the wefts, and what I couldn't pick off, I just left and re-installed. Don't be scared, it will all work out ok for you.
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Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 3:27pm
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Don't worry about my experience. Everything I try with my hair goes
freakishly badly for me when it works out just fine for everyone else. You'd think I sold my head to the devil or something... As far as I know, no-one else had had any trouble with it? |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 9:38pm
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i removed some the other day- i put amms orange oil along the entire tape- worked it in a bit, then i ate a salad came back to her took my rat tail comb and moved her hair off of the tape and then just peeled the whole take right off, slide right out- then i pulled the tape off the weft, took some talc powder sprinkled it on my comb, and combed thru her hair, any residue came out and then i reinstalled the weft right back in with new tape, tooka total of 20 mins!
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Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 12:49pm
| Did you wash her hair before you re-installed or did the powder soak up all the oil? |