The Best Online Reborn Help Forum!

mbgreen3 · Member

rooting spots

sage brush nursery · Guru

with out seeing a photo i'm winging it but i do know some times the needle will leave black in the hole.try cleaning your needle with alcohol before rooting this seems to help. you could also try washing your head in warm soapy water but the truth is that if this is what is wrong most of the black is in the hole it's self so....... your stuck with it disbelief

.........sorry i hope i'm wrong. sage aww

-- Edited by sage brush nursery on Sunday 28th of February 2010 06:03:06 PM

mbgreen3 · Member

Thanks for the advice. I'll be sure to clean the needle. It really stumps me because only a few holes are like that. The rest are fine.

sage brush nursery · Guru

glad i could help, the needle oxidizes ....hence the black residue ,you do a few holes and it's worn off.if your doing a dark haired baby its not to bad but on blonde babys its heartbreaking. sage aww

-- Edited by sage brush nursery on Sunday 28th of February 2010 06:26:01 PM

-- Edited by sage brush nursery on Sunday 28th of February 2010 06:26:59 PM

mbgreen3 · Member

Will the small Darice multi-purpose heat tool melt angora hair? I'm still trying to think of ways to cover the dark spots. Thanks.

Buffington · Guru

Not any more than it wil melt human hair. The angora is from goats and they are mammals and so are we. So if it doesn't melt your hair it won't melt your angora.
And I don't understand what the heat tool will do for covering the dark spots, what are you thinking of doing with it? :o

I do know that if you put the heat gun on it that it could ruin the hair (make it frizz or something like that I heard) :(

mbgreen3 · Member

I was considering trying to cover the spots with paint, but I managed to fill in a bit more with hair so the spots aren't noticeable.

Buffington · Guru

Oh, ok. Never heard of that before. You learn something new every day they say lol

I guess for me, I would rather root than paint in that situation. Might be kinda messy with the hair and paint :o

But glad you got it figured out.

Play Days Dolls · Guru

I'm sure glad you got this figured out. I wasn't sure how to advise you except to clean the needles prior to using, and that wouldn't have helped the marks that you already have. I once tried shampooing the hair after the rooting was finished and the hair glued. The spot didn't totally come out but it did seem to fade enough so that it wasn't noticed.