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Post by birdshell » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:18 am

sleepycarol wrote:How do you keep the Velcro from becoming entangled in your hair. I have tried it and it hurts when trying to remove it. I don't have a tender scalp (I grew up with four brothers ).
What I did is to cut narrow strips of the sticky-sides together Velcro. For example, if one starts with a yard of Velcro that has a sticky back--then sticks the entire strip to itself, sticky side to sticky side--one will have a half-yard of two sided hook Velcro. I then cut a strip about 2 inches long, and halved that strip lengthwise. Now, you will have 2-2" long narrow strips.

I then cut one narrow strip in half vertically to make 2 shorter strips. Experiment with the smaller ones, or larger ones...HEY! You spend a whole $1 on the Velcro and should have about 18" of the stuff to play around. It is also cool because you can move it to different places on the Velcro-able headgear. Hopefully, there will be a good spot for you!

So, in short, don't use too much of the Velcro and experiment with the placement of the strips. I'll bet that you could even cut the strips narrower and shorter...just my thought. On my somewhat medium-short hair, the Velcro would stick but would easily pull out. I would sort of comb the hair with the Velcro as I pulled off the headgear. (This fix allowed me to cut my hair shorter because I'd had to make a ponytail previously, as GrannyTooSoon does.)

I hope this works for you.

Karen
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Post by sleepycarol » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:37 pm

Thanks birdshell.

Another question. I have been using the headrest now and used some of the velcro with the sticky to extend the velcro so that I could make the straps smaller. With the heat now the velcro has left the head gear all sticky and gooey. I ended up removing the velcro and giving the headgear a good scrubbing. How do you keep it in place since the glue will loosen during the heat (yes, I have my ac on).
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