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HAIR APPARENT TIPS & ADVICE.
We get many requests on the forum about "How can I bleach my own knots? Below are some quotes from the old Hairsite board in a condensed form, PLEASE USE CAUTION !, the manufacturer should bleach knots for you, if unhappy with a lace product send it back to be bleached Bleaching Knots From: INSIDER Date: 4/1/2002 Time: 6:42:56 PM Remote Name: 207.34.94.239 Comments Unfortunately bleaching knots on hair replacements is subject to type of hair used and what type of knot is used in the front of your hairpiece. I'm assuming you have some form of lace or fine welded monofilament net, if not then there is no need to bleach the knots as there would be not visible effect or benefit. Because most hairpieces are made with Indian hair, and colored with fabrice dye it is necessary to remove the fabric dye from the knots with a fabric dye remover. Once this is successfully accomplished, you would then proceed to apply bleach to the knots. If you have European or Russian hair in your pc., then you need only apply bleach to lighten the knots. HOWEVER, bleaching the knots should be performed by a qualified, experienced technician other wise you may end up with strange colored hair, eg., purple, green, blue etc. and then you'll have even more corrective work to do. Go to someone who really knows what they are doing and have previously bleached knots. INSIDER
Re: bleaching knots <>From: Charlie Date: 12/5/2002 Time: 6:32:24 PM Remote Name: 64.12.96.238 Comments It is really not a problem. I did it and really liked the results. Go to a drug store and purchase a bleaching kit - in with all the hair colors. The one I bought was BBlond Bleaching Kit for Men by Jerome Russell. Mix it according to directions (I just mixed a small amount) and apply to the underside of the lace with a Q-Tip. Do not press or try to force the bleach into the lace. I just followed the timing directions with the kit. If it says 20 to 30 minutes - just go for 20. The knots disappeared and about 1/32 of an inch of the hair coming out of the lace was lightened, really making the hair much more natural looking - as if growing directly out of your head. Good luck. Last changed: December 24, 2002
Bleaching Knots HAIRSITE! Peter Date: 12/5/2002 Time: 12:40:57 PM Remote Name: 66.222.103.107 Comments "I was successful at bleaching my own. I first used RIT fabric dye remover available in just about every decent grocerty store, then used Maxim bleach blonde after that. Worked great. Try it first on some test hairs to see about how long it will take depending on your color specs. Peter Adventures in knot bleaching August 7 2003 at 1:58 PMKIlgore Trout (no login) Greetings, As I posted before, I have a coolpiece that came with the knots unbleached. I tried the method that Michigan Baldy used to bleach his knots- I used the loreal bleach blond kit and waited 30 minutes after I mixed it to apply it to the knots (through the under-side of the piece). I washed it off after 15 minutes. The results? No dice. The knots were lightened, somewhat, but still very visible. I then went out an bought a bleach blond kit from Feria. This time, however, I applied it immediately after mixing, and left it on for 40 minutes. I applied it VERY liberally, making sure that the bleach foam went all the way through the lace to the knots. Because it is a foam, it pretty much stays put and doesn't travel down the hair shaft to ruin the rest of the hair. The result? Success! The lace was fine and the knots were almost completely invisible. I will probably do one more round of this after I get the piece cut it to make it perfect (I am used to my Farrell's- for all the problems I have had with them, they do manage to bleach the knots pretty damn good). The bottom line is that I don't believe that the lace is damaged by the bleach at all- I have a 64 base with an 18 front, and it was unscathed after 40 minutes of full strength bleach. As always, your results may vary. My only complaint is that coolpiece/toplace should be able to bleach all the knots successfully, the first time, if you order it that way. But for $300/$165 I'm not going to complain (much better price/same look as the 2 Farrell Ultra Minimal's that I bought for $2800). Good luck to all, Kilgore Kilgore thanks, now YOU`RE the man! Where do you find this at? Crabtwix Reviewed by Crabtwix on 4/5/2003 8:37:00 AM DO NOT use this product to get highlights!! I have been a long-time fan of L'Oreal haircolor (Feria, anyone?), but this kit is terrible. The orange highlights are a result of the cheap bleach they use AND the amount of time they have the highlight cream stay in. Especially on color treated hair (which, if you follow the directions, you now have!!!). I have been using the Feria Extra Bleach Blonding kit for a couple of years to highlight my own hair (color-treated) and I have to leave that product in for AT LEAST 35 minutes to get a very pale, NON yellow-orange highlight. I don't know what I was thinking with this kit and any hopes of the highlights coming out right!!! The sad part, is the base dye color was actually quite nice (I did Mocha-something?) - and different from colors they have in their other lines. NOT RECOMMENDED. Eeeeek - especially for the $20!!! Forum Owner Re: Re: Re: Re: Adventures in knot bleachingAugust 8 2003, 9:57 AM Crabtwix, Again thanks for the info, I would like to get info on what not to use as well as recommended products. Thanks BA.Forum Administrator. dino Kilgore, Thanks for the info. I could use a little more info about your procedure for knot bleaching. What do you use to apply the bleaching solution to the lace? Could you use a haircolor brush in order to cover a lot of area in a short amount of time? Also, many have written about using a fabric remover like the kind from Rit before applying the bleach. Did you find that necessary or is that a waste of time? Any others can throw in their input as well. Thanks, dino Dino, I used a q tip to apply the bleach, which actually is a type of foam. I applied it liberally to the underside (read: alot) so that it would work it's way to all the knots. I thought about using the RIT stuff as well, but was afraid of what it would do to the lace. I think the keys to my success were A) using the bleach immediatetly after mixing it (dont let it wait) and B) I left it on for 40 minutes (it doens't hurt the lace- well #18 lace that is. Like I said before, I plan on doing it one more time to make sure I get them all. As for the guy that posted about Feria, I didn't have a problem with it... we're not using it for highlights anyway. Kilgore dino (no login) knots bleachingAugust 9 2003, 1:39 PM The problem I see in using a q-tip is that it would probably take me an hour to bleach each knot in a unit of my size. By the time I bleached the last knot, I would have had to remove the bleach from the first knots. If anyone can think of something to apply the bleach that covers more surface area, I'd be interested in hearing. Would a haircolor brush be okay to use? My other question is about washing the bleach out after you are done. I assume you rinse out the bleach with the lace facing up so you don't get backwash. But is there any bleaching of the hair that occurs when the bleach is washed through the lace? rugmeister (no login) re: knots bleachingAugust 9 2003, 2:43 PM "The problem I see in using a q-tip is that it would probably take me an hour to bleach each knot in a unit of my size. By the time I bleached the last knot, I would have had to remove the bleach from the first knots. If anyone can think of something to apply the bleach that covers more surface area, I'd be interested in hearing." not that I've tried this or any kind of bleaching, but what about a foam paint brush? It's got way more surface area than a Q-tip. You can pick those up at any hardware store. They're cheap so you can trim it smaller if need be. just a thought, rm. Forum Owner
Re: re: knots bleachingAugust 9 2003, 3:01 PM
With high density hairpieces bleaching of the knots is less of a issue as you cant see them, I have ordered 100% plus density for some people and I would have needed a lawnmower to get to the knots LOL.
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