How to: Steam Sealing and an Overview of Sealing Methods

[Vitarajay]

Your videos are so helpful..i think i must do the back combing wrong because even when i steam with my steamer after a day or so they are un raveling....any tips?

[V3Dreads]

How powerful is your steamer?

[Vitarajay]

1300watts and 3.0bar pressure. Its the one from argos, i actually got it before you mentioned it in the vid conincidently.

[GOTHEHELL1]

i used the cloth iron first, but i got a steamer, and is fantastic :D

[V3Dreads]

Steamers are love lol

[BluBlu123]

We actually call them straighteners in america.

I've never heard somebody call them a "Flattening iron".

[V3Dreads]

I've never once heard or read an American call them straighteners. They've always called them Flat Irons.

[argonian68]

x] lulz i call it a straightener, live in FL.

LOVE YOUR VIDS<3 subscribed.

[V3Dreads]

Thank you ^_^ I'm really glad you like them.

[GOTHEHELL1]

@ BluBlu123, but you get the idead, right? so don't bitch about a fuking term, ok?

[onleejess]

so does steaming make them tighter? i'm boiling and the single colored ones are really tight but i'm having to dip the candy caned ones two or three times.

[V3Dreads]

I find that steaming makes them tighter, yes. Never had much luck with boiling personally.

[onleejess]

Yeah, the boiling made them unravel some.

I would love to see a good way to seal the ends, mine looks so scraggly and not very clean. The flat iron frizzed them out and made them look like velcro.

[BABYBLU1202]

If you take a pair of pliers, and hold the end tightly and pour the water over the dread it will keep it clamped tight and hold the seal. If you hold it like she did, you will most likely burn yourself, like she said. So pliers are a BIG help.

[Neallstar]

Thanks alot!

:D

I learned the sealing method with a flat ironer though. If i get a camera i'll take a picture of my falls ^-^

[V3Dreads]

You're welcome! I'd love to see them sometime.

[Neallstar]

When i get done with them i know they'll look better than my first ones :).

[neverfallsasleep]

on a few different methods ?

sorry 2 comments in one :3

[DagGirl]

Update. I managed to "borrow" a steamer. I might try and buy it off them haha. They got it from like a prize cabinet at a club so I don't know if they'll sell it to me (or me paying for dinner!) or let me have it.

It's a Sunbeam Eco Jet. It's quite good. It's actually HOT steam, not stupid warm mist like the other.

I just need more hair now! ^_^ Thanks for the advice.

[V3Dreads]

I'm glad it's working for you. I would love to see pictures of your work sometime.

[reirei05]

I have been using my steamer which is good. I have problems sealing them properly tho so i might try the iron afterwards ^_^

Ive tried boiling too, VERY messy. They kept unraveling in water so i wont be doing that again. And a hairdryer is awful, velcro is an excellent description lol

I'm interested to know alternative methods of sealing the ends. I can't seem to steam the ends, so i usually burn them with a lighter, but i find that it looks terrible when i use colours :S

[V3Dreads]

Have you tried holding the ends with some needle nose pliers and then steaming?

[DagGirl]

I think boiling is the best method for me.

A. I have a steamer, it's just not hot enough and saturates the dreads with warm water. Mum bought it years ago.

B. I've tried steaming with a kettle and a pot with a lid. It's too hot because I have a gas burner stove. My friend uses that method, but she has an electric stove with hotplates, so it doesn't scorch the fiber. She also has a nifty kettle her boyfriend modified for her.

C. Boiling my dreads burns my hands, but they're some sexy dreads!

[V3Dreads]

Well different methods suit different people. I did try boiling in the beginning but it just didn't work for me.

[Violettuce]

Thankyou for the vid! Very informative =) I was given tonnes of Jumbo Silky hair by someone at my uni who didn't need it, is it possible to dread this stuff? It'd be a shame for it all to go to waste, but it's not doing it as well as I'd like, maybe I'm doing it all wrong!

[V3Dreads]

As long as it's Kanekalon or Toyokalon or it's made my Plastikhaar, it should seal fine. If you go check out my video on working Plastikhaar, you can see the technique I use for working with that as it it's silky straight.

[V3Dreads]

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