DIY Fusion
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Topic: DIY Fusion
Posted By: bailey1
Subject: DIY Fusion
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 10:05am
Hi I am new here. I am curious if anyone can give me tips on DIY hot fusion. I have had the hot fusion done before but never tried myself. I have a basic idea of what I am doing after reading many of the posts but what I am concerned about is stuff like- how to know if your tool is hot enough- about how many do you use in each row -how much natural hair do you use for per extension- do you leave a row of natural hair after every row of extension. Like I said I understand the basic how to install the extension. I had to replace many of my own when I had them installed in the past. I ordered Haha hair online has anyone ever tried it before. I am kind of nervous because after reading the posts I havent seen that anyone has tried that hair before. Any tips at all would be appreciated
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Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: April 20 2008 at 10:13pm
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Hi bailey1.
I don't think we can say anymore about it than we already have in past posts. The iron will be hot enough to use in about 3-5 minutes. The size of the section and the amount of extension hair added to the section is up to you but should be equal in size. The same goes for amount per row. A lot of this is just personal preference. I leave a row between every row to help hide the fusion but some don't, again personal preference. HTH ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: bailey1
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 8:26am
Well thanks for the info. I am getting kinda nervous. I will be putting them in in about a week or so  . I think everything will go alright, I have read MANY posts from here but I still am not completly convinced I can do this. Well thanks again
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Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 5:50pm
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Don't be nervous. Remember keratin is easily removed with 100% acetone. I prefer Onyx or Cvs Professional 100% Acetone. One thing that I would suggest is that if you're pre-tipping the hair yourself is to use a hot glue gun as opposed to a hot glue pot. To me the tips made with the gun were stronger and were resilient to oils, conditioner and stuff. To me the pot ones were to flexible and deteriorated easily when it come in contact with conditioner, oils and other types of styling products. If you need help along the way just let us know. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: bailey1
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 11:38am
| I am installing them tonight so I am very excited. I am not so nervous about putting them in anymore its more of the what do I do to make sure they stay in. Well wish me luck and thanks for all the great info! |