Removing Wax?

yo im wondering how to take out wax out of my hair when my dreads are 6 months shtis annoying

 

Let the record show,
Former wax users regretting it-6938128343583

But seriously, I've heard that SOMETIMES boiling water and stuff gets it out,
but I do not know. A lot of people let it grow out and cut off the waxy bits.

 

go to confession and repent for your sin.

or wash your hair with baking soda + lemon j + salt + tea tree oil + water.

 

post a picture. I want to see whether it's really that bad or not. It might not be as bad as you think it is. Otherwise soak them in very hot water with baking soda if they're long enough, but not for too long.

 

How's it annoying you?

 

probably calling him names... or stealing one sock from every pair.

 

Use the deep cleanse but instead of lemon juice use grapefruit juice a few tablespoons and once your done rinsing ring out your dreads and waxy milk will start dripping repeat a few times and then bring a crock pot to a boil and dip invidually your dreads in their and soak for a few secs then remove wearing kitchen gloves and ring out one by one

repeat proccesses until you feel satisfied :cheers2:

 

...Or until your scalp is so scalded and blistered that your dreads have all just fallen out anyway

 

stickys are there for a reason :cheers2:

 

when did i mention anything about the scalp being touched

 

It can still be tricky and risky. Water gets wicked/drawn up the dread and steam also scalds. No-one said you mentioned anything about the scalp being touched. Doesn't mean such a thing cannot be imagined.

 

its a dangerouse process requiring extreme care
theres 3 schools of thought on wax removal.. as far as i know not 1 is 100% effective (unless you comb em out then dewax and start over wax free..but at 6 months that would be a regrettable solution althpugh if you want dreads for life would give you the best start at irt)\
\1 extreme heat, over 140 farenheit, the temp must remain above 140 long enough to bring the wax temp to 140 to liquify it
this can effectively melt out alot, but is dangerous and at best can onl;y remove a percentage ..possibly as high ass 75% if lucky (guessing) wax will drip down being able to be squeezewd out but wikll stoll leave a waxy film reside on hair shaftsa

2 dissolving with acidic substances, grapefruit lemo9n or orange juices can be added to the deep cleanse, however, gping with an essential oil instead will give ya alot more power..its exteremely strong a feww drops will dissolve alot but wont spread very far so you will have to use alot
the advantage may be that eventrialy with repeated use you can hopefgully get almost all of it out

method 3 emulsifying in soap/detergent
from what i hear dish soap is best and you will need a hell of alot repeatted many times

possibly rewpeatted tries using all 3 methods might give the best rewssults.. heat drawing most towards the tips then dissolving as much as u can then emulsfying and washing away whats left ..then repeatting

or you can comb it then use these methods as far as i know that is the only way to be 100% sure to get it all
wax is evil enough in hair, but..in knotted hair its 100 times worse and nearly impossible to remove without extreme effort

weve had a few ppl say they think they got it all..even just from repeatted washing with soap..but i dont think anyones ever really sure, especialy when weve seen pp;l only use it the 1st 2 weeks then cut after 2 1/2 years only to find the corew of the dread is all wax

also id imagine the thicker the dread the harder it would be to get at the wax in the core


im not recommending you comb it out to get the wax out cause i know how heartbreaking that can be, just saying you should concider that as an option
id recommend trying your hardewrst to removce it other ways 1st..but i fear that if you hope to be 100% sure every trace is gone then probably combing and restarting ma=y be your only option


oh and dont forget to bitch at those companies that sold u that crap
sille3nce will only let them keep on screwwing ppl over
but if enough ppl make enough noise they will have to stop recomending that crap

 

Just a silly thought, if wax's melting point is 140 degrees f, then couldn't you not effectively use hair irons that are no longer needed to melt the wax out seeing as they heat up to 220f? Or not. I mean I've seen some of the salon's in my city use them to melt the wax in. Don't fret too much about it it, I was using wax until 4-5 months in, it's all gone now. I think the only way you'd be really fucked is if you caked on the wax every week. Post pics though then we can help more.

 

144 °f = 62 °C = not that fucking hot.

 

A hot iron or a blow dryer would definitely liquify it...as well as hot water. Just wash it a bunch with the hottest water you can stand...try to avoid the scalp. Time will get it out unless you just used a fuck load. I think it's over stressed as long as you quit using it and wash it to piss with hot water.

 

hot irons reach 220? seriosly?
isnt that klike really close to bioling? (i do know the bioling point but my mind just went blank..its 220 right? not like 224 or something?..anyway id be really surprised if any hair irons went that hot as i think thaty would be nearly hot enough to ignite the hair on fire)
hmm was looking for info on hair flamability and couldnt find anything stating the combustion temp of hair however, i did find an experiment contrasting treatted and untreatted hair flamability
both combusted at 130 minutes slightly below 100 degrees f although the treatted hair (hairspray..i imagine wax is pretty combustable too) burned much faster and hotter
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dry waxy hair heatted to 200 id bet would catch fire much much faster
odviosly wet hair wouldnt catch fire near as easily

on the other hand..water holds in heat relatively well so a wet dread heated to 200 would take much longer to cool down to a safe temp


although excessive heatr maybe the best way to remove the bulk of the wax, its also the biggest danger of wax healthwise at least

 

lol some flat irons exceed 450


HEAD FOR THE HILLS

 

lol combustion

Hair doesn't really ignite on its own. i mean, hair burns and melts - and hot irons def can and do burn and damage hair
..but it doesn't catch on fire and spread all over your hair/head unless it is full of some combustible chemical- like hair spray, not wax.

 

well no it can burn but its a slow burn so usualy is extinguished before doing too much dammage
loose hair burns much much easier then dreaded hair
but wax most likely cases a candkle like effect
in candles the wick is just string that draws up liquid wax which burns instead of the string
the strring itself burns very slowly only as the flame gets too far from the wax tomelt it and draw it up

when camping in wet weather wax can be used as effectivelky as lighter fluid to getr wet kindling started
also, in an emergency, a cigarette dipped in wax makes a great torch ..odviosly cigs arent meant to keep a flame going, but adding wax will make them burn with a fairly large flame for a good while

and 450 is hot enough to ignite paper on contact
i really doubt anyone would be dumb enough to make something that hot for use on hair

Burns typical of a hair fire due to drop down.

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when hair burns typicaly chuncks fall off onto your shoulders where they continue to burn
also, most hair fires are very suddon so the panic sets in and your reactions only make it worse
often when the hair is put out, its not all the wayt oiut andcan re-flare up minutes later




i know just how flamable hair is because i trim my beard only by catching my face on fire
when i smoked beedies id catch my face on fire every 2 months average
beedies tend to go out if you dont constantly puff on them and as an experimenmt i tried starting controlled fires with 1 using dry lewaves, tiolet and tissue paper and paper bags..the most i was able to get was a lkil browning from the smoke
but the mommet a whsker contacted the chery..poof my face went up in flames (and did a great job of trimming it)

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