Amazing Protac removal--acetone!
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Topic: Amazing Protac removal--acetone!
Posted By: kristie m
Subject: Amazing Protac removal--acetone!
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 4:25pm
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Sherrie was right! Acetone alone got the Protac out of my hair and the
tape off the wefts with NO residue whatsoever, and the process was FAST and not messy at all. I was disheartened by how long it took to get my first installation out, how much hair I lost, and what a pain it was to get the wefts reasonably clean. I was halfways thinking I might not be able to continue to use Protac. Well, I decided to try another installation despite my reservations, and I am so glad I did. Today I wanted to take out two side double pieces to reposition them. The top one was in with Chrissy V glue and that one popped off and cleaned up with acetone, easily, as usual. Then I applied a cotton ball with pure acetone to the second weft, which was stuck firmly into my hair with a full width of Protac tape. That sucker came out in about 3.2 seconds and didn't take one bit of my own hair with it when it came out. Then I soaked the tape on the weft in acetone for about five seconds--every stinking bit of the sticky tape came right off the hair and weft. Amazing! Thank you, Sherrie, for this great idea that's going to keep me in Protac and extensions for a long time to come!  ------------- Here's to the end of my BAD HAIR LIFE! |
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 4:59pm
hehehe...told ya so! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 6:54pm
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Great idea. I have some old wefts that I cant get the latex (my
very first installation, total nightmare) out of and I wonder if that
would work? I am amazed you had a tough time taking it out, I found it super easy. I wonder if it comes out easier in certain types of hair? The tape was a little hard to get off the wefts with the peices I totally saturated with remover, but I learned if I didn't get the tape real wet with it and only massaged the remover around the hair stuck to it that the tape peels right off in one piece. ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
Posted By: Naked Eye
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 7:04pm
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Long hair- yeah, letex is a disaster! I tried acetone with the latex left on
the weft, and it seemed like it made it come off a LITTLE better, but not amazing or anything. |
Posted By: BirdOfEden
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 9:06pm
| Does acetone break down liquid gold? |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 9:33pm
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Yes, Ive used acetone many times on LG. It works quicker in my opinion than anything else. The thing I DONT recommend is the combination of LG/Pro-Tac. I dont know what the specific problem was with that combination....but I had a beotch of a time getting that combo out of my hair! I used acetone and the wefts slid right out, leaving the tape and LG behind... in my hair. Im thinking it was more about the LG/Pro-tac combo...but Im not sure! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: BirdOfEden
Date Posted: March 18 2006 at 9:36pm
| Thanks Sherrie! I'm glad you're such an experimenter! |
Posted By: kristie m
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 2:00pm
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I had such good success taking down one side of my new install, I
thought I'd take down and reapply the other side too. (Yeah, OK, I'm the queen of anal retentiveness!) That acetone works great! I love how CLEAN the wefts end up, and how quickly. I'm sure my next full takedown won't take more than an hour, and that will include the time I spend getting the wefts ready for reinstallation. Sherrie, you rock! (I was trying to take pictures the other day and the batteries in my camera quit. I promise I'll post some once I get to the store for new batteries.) ------------- Here's to the end of my BAD HAIR LIFE! |
Posted By: monsterita
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 3:23pm
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Funny - I just took out my pro-tac wefts with acetone today, too! The tape definitely came off the wefts much easier with the acetone. Here's my summary of methods: Orange oil remover - good to get wefts out of hair and get all left over tape goo out of hair, but removing the tape from the wefts is difficult. Conditioner - good to get the wefts out of the hair , hard to get tape off the wefts. Tape goo residue remains on hair. Acetone - good to get wefts out of the hair, very easy to get tape off wefts. Tape goo residue remains in hair. ------------- Hair type: 1a/f/i |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 4:03pm
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I dont know if it makes any since, but when I used the orange remover I
wouldn't try to pull the tape off the wefts........instead i pulled
open the tape and pulled the wefts (I had 3 layers in each) out of the
tape. When I tried to peel the tape off the wefts the tape would
break, but when I pulled the wefts while holding the tape they came
right off. No kidding about the LG/protac combo. I did it once for a quick install just to hold me down for an emergency week (forbid I just go without lol). I tried to take it out a week later, OUCH. It might be good for someone who wanted to wear the method for 3 months lol......who knows. Just out of curiousity, how long is it safe to keep wefts in? Is it the same 3 months as strand by strand? I took all of the protac out of my hair last night, everything went great except I still smell like a big orange lol. I'm going to try to do the silicone microrings in the back, should be interesting......... ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 4:14pm
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longhairaddict, Ive never been able to make a weft method last quite as long as a strand method. (Usually about 7 weeks tops for me.) Someone with thicker hair may be able to wear them longer, the tracks may not slip as fast on thick hair or dry hair. Id say just keep on eye one the area underneath the wefts. If you start getting alot of matting under there then its time for a takedown! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: nicci
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 6:04pm
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oh, this is making me very excited to put my extensions back in, i am waiting to get my Pro-Tac in the mail, it will be my first install with the Pro-Tac.. i am glad to here the reviews and experiences with taking it out.. I was alittle nervous about that part with using the Pro-Tac, previously I used the micro rings.
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Posted By: BirdOfEden
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 7:03pm
| I took my Pro-Tac out a few hours ago with acetone! They slid right out with absolutely no residue on the weft or my hair! That rocks! |
Posted By: elvira
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 9:23am
| Still using the C-22 citrus remover because it slides right out of my hair in such a short time, it smells good, and it's less damaging than acetone. |
Posted By: nursie
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 12:20pm
| i like the C22, but honestly it burns my scalp...and im pretty tough, so i've found that slathering my whole head with thick conditioner first not only helps loosend the tapes but also protects my scalp from the C22, i just spray a little of it on any areas that are still stuck after i let the condtioner sit for a half hour |
Posted By: elvira
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 6:01pm
| Aren't choices wonderful? |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 8:14pm
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you are right Elvira, good thing we have lots of choices for removal, since different things work for different folks! Im like nursie, the C22 burns my scalp and skin. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |