Lining Up The Back During Rebond Process

[Nostab2]

For whatever reason lately I have been having issues lining up the back during a rebond. How are you guys doing it? I usually line you the front first but it seems to be to low in the back now. Do you guys line up the back first? How do you do this while holding a mirror to see the back?

 

[Hair56]

I also struggle to get it 100% as I go front to back. I am thinking of glueing the back down and then pinning the front that kind of way.

Hopefully other people explain their methods.

 

[BaldBearded]

If you do all tape (or tape/glue), then you need to use the @Noah process. You place a tape on top of your head, spray with alcohol, place the system, use a hand-held-mirror to see the back, make sure it's all set, front to back, left to right. You have 60 seconds before the alcohol evaporates. Press down on the system where the one piece of tape is... roll the back, forward, peel and attach, then do the front. You get a perfect attachment every time.

If you are doing a full-head bond, then you can spray your entire head with alcohol... and then place the system.

This method has been discussed and explained... ad nauseam on this forum... just search.

 

[Hair56]

If you do all tape (or tape/glue), then you need to use the @Noah process. You place a tape on top of your head, spray with alcohol, place the system, use a hand-held-mirror to see the back, make sure it's all set, front to back, left to right. You have 60 seconds before the alcohol evaporates. Press down on the system where the one piece of tape is... roll the back, forward, peel and attach, then do the front. You get a perfect attachment every time.

If you are doing a full-head bond, then you can spray your entire head with alcohol... and then place the system.

This method has been discussed and explained... ad nauseam on this forum... just search.

When you say place the system you mean the whole stretch and roll back method right?

 

[BaldBearded]

When you say place the system you mean the whole stretch and roll back method right?

Yes, basically.

 

[Hair56]

Yes, basically.

Thanks for this. I'm going to give alcohol a go for giving me some extra time to position! For whatever reason the adjust a bond didn't help me at all. Mines a poly base so it stuck immediately.

 

[Fanjeera]

When you say place the system you mean the whole stretch and roll back method right?

Any description of this method somewhere?

Thank you!

 

[Hair56]

Any description of this method somewhere?

Thank you!

If your going front to back, you would line up the hairline get that secure and gently rollback stretching to the sides so it avoids any creases.

 

[BaldBearded]

If your going front to back, you would line up the hairline get that secure and gently rollback stretching to the sides so it avoids any creases.

This doesn't work for everyone, hence the other method.

 

[Fanjeera]

If your going front to back, you would line up the hairline get that secure and gently rollback stretching to the sides so it avoids any creases.

This would need surgical precision, super steady hands.

I'm back to aligning the system on glueless scalp, then putting an item on that's with a U-shape that fixes it to position. then flip up the front, put glue, attach it, and then back. So front first, then back. Attaching the whole system at once with liquid adhesive is very difficult.

 

[Hair56]

This would need surgical precision, super steady hands.

I'm back to aligning the system on glueless scalp, then putting an item on that's with a U-shape that fixes it to position. then flip up the front, put glue, attach it, and then back. So front first, then back. Attaching the whole system at once with liquid adhesive is very difficult.

Yh I agree it is difficult! The only reason I do that is because someone can help me out.

I was going to try out the method you mentioned, what do you use to hold the system in place....alice band / headband?

 

[Nostab2]

Yh I agree it is difficult! The only reason I do that is because someone can help me out.

I was going to try out the method you mentioned, what do you use to hold the system in place....alice band / headband?

Yes, seems if you could hold it in place with this method, it would give you more control

 

[Fanjeera]

Yh I agree it is difficult! The only reason I do that is because someone can help me out.

I was going to try out the method you mentioned, what do you use to hold the system in place....alice band / headband?

Alice band is the word I was searching yes. I started with this, then tried many different ways as I wanted to become quicker and more efficient, but now I'm back to this. Nothing beats its accuracy. Precise result is important and gives calmness. I just hated I have to wait 4 mins with one half of the head and then 4 mins again with the other half. I wanted to do it all at the same time. I just still hate it a little now, though, less, because there just is no substitution. After all, it's just 4 mins. Not too much. But I want all of the maintenance to be as quick as possible. Right now I'm at like 2h per month.

 

[Hair56]

Thanks for this. Will try this method when I next do the next maintenance.

Spending just 2 hours a month sounds great! I'm new to this so it took me about 4 hours first time and gradually got faster. I go 3 weeks a time.

 

[Manny007]

thanks for the tips guys will try the above methods, this is my major problem in DIY method, I cannot place the system properly

 

[Manny007]

This would need surgical precision, super steady hands.

I'm back to aligning the system on glueless scalp, then putting an item on that's with a U-shape that fixes it to position. then flip up the front, put glue, attach it, and then back. So front first, then back. Attaching the whole system at once with liquid adhesive is very difficult.

Do you use lace or skin system? I use injected thin skin system so I need to stretch the system to fit accurately which might not work using your method

and your maintenance time is just 2h/month that is insane, you must be expert brother, you re-do 2/3 or 4 week?

 

[Noah]

Here is my attachment technique, which is similar to Fanjeera's, but with 2 small pieces of tape instead of the Alice band.

Basically I put the tape on the back and sides of the hairpiece. Then I place the hairpiece in perfect position and anchor it with 2 small pieces of tape. Then I pull the backing paper off the rest of the tape and stick the back and sides. Then I glue the front. Here is the method in more detail:

First, I put the tape on the back and sides of the hairpiece, leaving the backing paper on, but I fold over a corner of the backing paper on each bit of tape.

I also put 2 small pieces of tape (about 1 square centimetre), one on each side of the piece, about the middle of the sides and 2 centimetres from the edge. I take the backing paper off those 2 small piece, and give them a spray of alcohol. I also give a spritz of alcohol to the middle of my baldspot (roughly where the 2 small pieces are going to end up).

I then put the hairpiece on my head and move it into perfect position - no gaps or overlaps. The alcohol stops the adhesive on the 2 small pieces of tape from sticking immediately, and gives me a few seconds to move the piece around. When I get the perfect position, I press down on the two small pieces of tape and stick them into place. They then anchor the whole hairpiece.

I then flip up the back, pull off the backing paper on the tape, and stick it down - sides first, and then the back.

I hold down the front of the hairpiece with one hand, and mark the position of the hairline by digging marks into my forehead with the thumbnail of the other hand.

I then flip the front up and clip it out of the way.

I apply a layer of glue using the thumbnail marks as a guide; dry it with a hairdryer, and repeat. Then I spritz the glued area with alcohol, and bring down the hairpiece hairline and apply it onto the glue - middle of the hairline first, and then the sides. Then I press the hairline firmly into the glue with the teeth of a comb held sideways.

Done!

 

[Fanjeera]

Do you use lace or skin system? I use injected thin skin system so I need to stretch the system to fit accurately which might not work using your method

and your maintenance time is just 2h/month that is insane, you must be expert brother, you re-do 2/3 or 4 week?

I use lace. I reattach every 4 weeks. Removing and attaching the other hairpiece is like 1,5h and washing the worn system is in total 15--20 mins because I soak it for long periods and twice, but I'm not looking at the clock and worrying at that time, because I'm not bald and in a hurry then. I do it in a totally different time. Probably exactly in the middle of my attachments, so I've had a nice rest of dealing with hairpieces. Then like 2-3 touch-ups in total over the month when I get a lift somewhere which each are like 3--5 mins.

If I could only attach the whole system at once I would win lots of time, not front half, then back half.

 

[Hair56]

@Fanjeera when you do this alice band method what did you use to hold down the back to make it secure or was it ok without anything?

 

[Fanjeera]

@Fanjeera when you do this alice band method what did you use to hold down the back to make it secure or was it ok without anything?

Alice band holds everything still. I flip up the part I want to attach and it stays up on its own weight.