Sealing a Swirled dread

[realsaraSKELLINGTON]

GORILLAZ WOOOO! Song at the end. Lovely dread

[McCuunt]

I'm wondering about the steamer as well. I've been looking for one that has an attachment like that for the tip, and I can't seem to find one anywhere.

[iambrittanybbytexas]

what kind of steamer do you use and where did you get it? all the ones im finding are hella expensive and i dont like using my straightener to seal my dreads :(

[LenaYlonen]

where is the hair salon?

[TheNejiLOVER]

0:53 i love that song of gorillzas.

<333

[HerInfernalEvilness]

Does Backcombing work with a normal comb?

Plus, I wonder if I could seal these with a steam iron and a damp cloth......

[SeaSaltPop]

Yes, I'm currently doing that but it takes forever.

[Antikia]

Then you're probably not doing it right, I do that too and it's really quick for me. You know you only need to steam it for like 5-10 seconds right? Atleast if you got a decent iron. With a normal length dread and a normal width iron you should be able to do the whole dread in 3 'steams'

[iamtheage]

where did you get your steamer??

[thornbonez]

Great Tutorial!

[kagome188]

Thank you, now I remember the step I forgot in making dreads! And awsome music in the background, Gorillaz rock!

[XxAddicted2chaosxX]

=D you helped me master synthetic dreads thankyou so much

[cyberculprit]

You can pick up a cheap steamer off of ebay , that's where I got mine from a while back. Con is it is shaped like a duck! Great thing though. You can also seal dreads with boiling water or a 2000w hairdryer guys!I think the steamer being used here is a clothes steamer..

[GOTHEHELL1]

i have to get a steamer....

[92zoe123]

yay! gorillaz "all alone" :D:D ;)

[Neallstar]

OMG my pair of dread falls that i just made (ALL TWISTED ONES)

they turned out great thanks alot ;P

[therasia]

Hello thanks for the video does anyone knows how to do it with wool????

Thanks

[blackbeltwezal]

Hello, thank you for making the video it was ever so helpful! I was wondering in you could use an iron that has a steam setting rather than a steamer or boiling water? Also how does one just do two different colors for the ends of the dreads instead of the whole thing being swirled? Sorry for all the questions and thank chu again.

[DarkPanthera]

another really helpful video dezertpyrot1122.

really helpful

xx

[FullyWritten]

cant you jsut dip it in bolling water?..

[Bleedyourtears]

yes you can

[superpriestess]

what brand is that steamer because the one i bought is a piece of shit.

[dezertpyrot1122]

euro pro shark steamer. i don't think they have this model any more i searched every where ebay and even with the maker.

[Nouta1]

This is great, I was wondering how to do that!

Also, thanks for making me want to listen to Gorrilaz all of a sudden! XD

[THATISFAKE]

you know the hair that is in the black colour? do you backcomb that hair too? Because i have had problem with doing that kind of dreads, the hair that i steam with two colours easily gets up and gets messu QUICKLY! Do you have any tip? I use a hairdryer to make my, is a steamer better?

[dezertpyrot1122]

i back comb both colors before steaming. back comb them seperatly. i find the steam minipulates 100% Kane kolan fibers better than plain dry heat. Some people even use boiling water.

[THATISFAKE]

okey thank you i was very confused at start. Yes i tried with boling water didnt work so good for me dough xD but i have only done two hair sets so will se i get better for everytime i mean :D with new teqchines

[BrokenTatteredDolly]

Hello, I wanted to know what you used for the head of your steamer? Did it come with the steamer or can you buy one like yours, I have a pointed end can you buy one to fit it?

[dezertpyrot1122]

it came with the steamer. it is like a washclothe material that streteches around a triangle hose bit. it helps i think.

[DisposableNobody]

do you use kanekalon?

[dezertpyrot1122]

100%

[DisposableNobody]

where do you get yours?

because i live in australia,and im finding it hard to find a shop or website that sells it over here:( do you know of any place in australia?

[dezertpyrot1122]

i dont know much venders over there..but i am shur there are some.. have u tried google? There are lots of gurls in hair forums that live there that gotta be getting there synth from near by.. HEAVENLY HAIR FORUM.. other wise if you wanna order from the states.. dr. locs seems to all the stuff i needed.

[DisposableNobody]

ok sweet thanks for that!

[lamorenita638741]

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[screamolives]

How do you make a swirled dread? :S

I don't understand how you can keep them together or how you get the 2 colours in :s

Do you just twist them together, that's it?

[xrazorxdollx]

wow the way you do it takes forever, i use the pointy steam nozzle and i can do a dread in 2 minutes

[saber510]

hey this is really co0l but im sure i wont b able to find a steamer like that but umm u think that a hot iron can do the trick? i mean im not planing on actually pressing the hot iron on it but like mine has steam in it u think that would help?

[poppymoone]

u can pick up these steamers on ebay or online from an internet store.. there are some on ebay just now for between £5 and £15 thats about 10 dollars...

[ZombieTrashWhore]

Turned out nicely. :]

[M3tall1calover]

What if you dont have a steAMER....how can you seal them?

[dezertpyrot1122]

you can use the steam that comes from a tea kettle as well/ or some people use boiling water. ( BE CAREFUL)

[briananana]

I've also seen people use a damp cloth and a flat iron,

they placed the cloth over the dread fall,then use the flat iron over it and it will steam it.

Sorry im bad at explaining :P

[HairByRaymond]

i have a video and shows a few methods. i use boiling water at first but it didnt like it! i took a tub of warm water or room temp then dip the rag into it and rug the rag out but not all the way then place it over the dread and put my flat iron over it to steam it. the only thing is the rag drys out quick so you gotta redip. its a smilpe way. i do hair so i got flatiorns laying around everywhere. try it it works great!

[72323552]

what is that thing youre using?? o.O and where can I get one of those?? how much??

[dezertpyrot1122]

Euro pro shark steamer. THey have changed the model scince then..but i am shur you can find something simmilar on ebay.

[M3tall1calover]

Its a steamer!!

I dont know where to get one, I guess in a place where you can get cleaning stuffs they tend to be expensive

[DentyneOnFire]

amaaaazing :)) I love you! xxx

[Lulza]

Nice tutorial.

[CrazyIrenka]

what is this for thing *_* iron?

[RAWRatYOURMOM]

hot damn.

[3L3CTR0HEAD]

ouch that cuts deep...

not

get a life

[3L3CTR0HEAD]

wtf is with the rap shit in the background? made me want to gouge my ears

really crappy twists. not even

[Lulza]

It's the fucking Gorillaz, shitbag.

[3L3CTR0HEAD]

they suck end story

[Lulza]

You are so super edgy, I could just shit.

[3L3CTR0HEAD]

lyke omgz im hurt.. not.

grow up

[Carth19]

Thank you for posting this. It's helped me alot :)

[leenerr]

hey is there any other way to seal the twisted ones because i dont have a steamer :(

can i use boiling water?

[dezertpyrot1122]

i know of people who use boiling water..or tea kettle method.. watch your fingers!

[MeltyWax]

yes, I've seen it done before, works just as well.

[Karoger1987]

I'm making dreads and I've used two different steamers but they didn't seem to work that great. The one you are using in this video, do you know how many watts it is??

[SquishyMoon]

Thank you for posting your vids on this. I was wondering , since I don't know too much...does Kanekalon ever bleed when steamed? Also do you just seam your ends or do you do anything else in conjunction to steaming them. Thanks again =^_^=

[dezertpyrot1122]

i usually have seen girls steam the ends twice..some people use a bit of glue like liquid gold..but i think that looks buggary after a bit.

[therapyscaresmeh]

Thanks for posting this, it was very helpful for me as I have never made a pair of synthetic dreads yet. Now I atleast know where to start! Oh and by the way are you a hair dresser? [I could see some guy getting his hair cut in the mirror] Damn I didn't mean for this comment to be so long but where do you suggest to getting good quality synthetic hair from to use in making falls?

[dezertpyrot1122]

I am not shur where you are at.. but you can order hair thu I KICK SHINS~~ i will send you a pm with the address because it wont let me post it on here

[rissakai007]

What is that fluffy thing at the end of the steamer? Does it help prevent burns? What does it do?

[dezertpyrot1122]

it is just an attachment.. it is the same fabric as a wash cloth.. and it seems to dispense the steam at a better flow then the straight shooting hose kind. I like the cloth attachment as well because it helps smooth down the hair.

[crackwhorebunny]

youre my hero for posting this, thanks a lot. x

[Nirvana87]

you can use boiled water right? Im going to make some dreads(first time)^^I like the guys hair in the BG..:P

[xREDSUGARx]

ok what is that lil do hicky thing ur using to seal it with ? and how much hair should i buy thanks :)

[dezertpyrot1122]

It is a EUROPRO steamer. it is the shark model..but now i have seen that they carry a diffrent version of the shark that is in the video.. but what ever..it is a steamer.. and for medium width and long length dreads 20 inches... i usually go thru about 3 packs and make 30-40 dreads.. and this is the tripple packs that i buy at a local mart.. (3 bundles of 100% kane kolan hair in one pack)

[xREDSUGARx]

uber thanks i will try my to make a fall and make it look decent hopefully it works lol thanks again

[kellergoer]

as im like no professional at all and with that i dont want to spend like a lot of money to make me a pair of falls once a year or something: do you know any way i don't have to get me a steamer.

thanks for the videos anyway - great help!

[JohAno1990]

Do you really backcombed that dread? It looks to silky to me...

[dezertpyrot1122]

yes.. i backcombed it.

[annarexik]

yes I make my dreads with an iron, it's possible, but more difficult.

[ipokemyself]

this is VERY informative! thank you for posting this :)

xo

[raven1119]

could you possibly use a clothing iron?

[sinfulpixie]

What kind of steamer/attachement is that? Does the cloth come on it, I looked at a Euro Pro on ebay, but wasn't sure if it had the same attachment. Thanks!

[dezertpyrot1122]

I know what your saying .. it is a euro pro.. shark steamer.. i dont think all of the ebay ones show the attachments there for i dont know that they come with them.. and i have a feeling the company has discontinued that model.. i bought a newer euro pro shark..it has a hose attachemnt..I am not shur if i like it as much as the one used in the video. it is just like terry cloth..

[samplata]

what another things that would work to make dreads [seal them] if i dont have a steamer?

[Creepycream]

Boil some water and use that steam, hairdryer works, put them in boiliong water works just fine to :)

[Chthonicdirge]

Thanks, this was helpful. ^_^ I was wondering about the amount of hair I should be using, now my problem is solved.