DIY Synthetic Dreads: Sealing Method 1

This tutorial follows my first one, DIY Synthetic Dreads: How to Make Solid SE Dreads...
In this instructable, I will teach you one method of how to seal and finish off those lovely dreadies in order to get them ready to wear.

(This will teach you how to seal dreads using the straightener method)

Step 1 Materials

This step of dread making is fairly simple and you don't need that much. Just stuff you can typically find around your house.

You will need a few different things for this process:

-A good straightener (one of the older low heated ones work best...NOT the ones that go up into the 100's)
-A bowl of water
-A lightweight wash cloth
-A pair of scissors

Comments

[rainbow-flavored]

great tutorial and thank you for sharing! ^_^

I'd like to ask what about if you want thicker dreads and with multiple colors but not completely candy cane more organic in its color blend

also applying beads?
and curling their ends?

[xPepsiKOLA]

Where do you buy your synthetic hair from?

[PunkMetalCyberGoth]

www.ikickshins.net is good. They have a lot of colors, and it's cheap.

[Jugganik]

Can you use yaky hair to do dreads?

[Chainsawww]

i've never done it. Since kanekalon is designed to have the fibers meld together, its pretty much the best you can possibly do with synthetic dreads. To be honest, I don't know if yaky would work, but I wouldn't risk it. Also kaneokalon is muchhh cheaper.

[technolovegirl]

i have a question. i have a hair straightener but it doesn't have a knob. it have buttons to turn up the heat. which degree do i put on my hair straightener to seal the dreads and the tip of the dreads?

[Chainsawww]

Even if it doesn't have a knob, what are the temps it runs on? On the straightener I have that has buttons, I put it at about 160 or so, just watch out for major steam then.

[haruka3103]

this is really helpful! :)
btw what kind of strightener did you use?

[jokerprincess]

thank you the method i found and used didnt work as well. My dreads ended up but being puffy dreads after a wear or two

[Chainsawww]

Yeah, that is a major pain. And no problem :] The nice thing about this method, is you do the exact same thing to reseal them even if they do get puffy.

[TheBarefootWonder]

haha this is the way i figured out on my own.. like exactly.. except the sealing the ends i was afraid to do that but.. i think seeing that its done alot i wont be soo afraid to do so.. :) thnx much for posting this!~

[Chainsawww]

haha same here and don't be afraid! I'm glad this helped you out :]