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    Thread: I-Lace Island photo
Post: I-Lace Island photo

SFS or French all around, I-Lace in the middle, 65% density, 1B, Freestyle, CC Countour 3-MIl Tape up front, Walker no shine contours around the sides, no glue, I do my own cutins. I am still a super...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 12 42,936 08-25-2010, 08:24 AM
    Thread: I-Lace Island photo
Post: RE: I-Lace Island photo

I never have a problem shedding with these, nor with fading or hair getting brittle as the lace frays first - I am rough with them - so I end up moving on to the next piece before the other signs of ...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 12 42,936 08-25-2010, 11:58 PM
    Thread: Ripple French Lace
Post: Ripple French Lace

I get the ripple quite frequently after applying the French Lace. I try not to use SFS as if falls apart on me after the second attachment so I have been ordering just the French. (The old SFS was stu...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 42,922 02-11-2011, 03:05 AM
    Thread: Ripple French Lace
Post: RE: Ripple French Lace

Guys I am in a rush and my answers may not be very complete: Stealth, I stick the tape on the front just like MB's video, just I like I have for two years since I switched to all tape no glue, just l...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 42,922 02-11-2011, 11:59 AM
    Thread: Ripple French Lace
Post: RE: Ripple French Lace

I just think my head does not like French - When I used to wear all Lace (no I-Lace Island) I tried French a few times and had similar situations usually lift up front as the thicker French wants to b...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 42,922 02-17-2011, 02:18 PM
    Thread: Ripple French Lace
Post: RE: Ripple French Lace

The issue is obvious now - it's like trying to mold a sheet of paper from your printer to conform all the way around on the top/outside part of your template - ripples are un avoidable as a flat objec...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 42,922 02-20-2011, 09:13 AM
    Thread: Ripple French Lace
Post: RE: Ripple French Lace

Thanks Paul for your response. I usually just choose one lace for the perimeter which lately has been French as the SFS does not last long at all. For a while it was always SFS all the way around - up...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 42,922 02-16-2011, 08:48 AM
    Thread: New hair piece (Photo)
Post: RE: New hair piece (Photo)

I totally agree with furball here. Yah27 for your sides and temple hair I would think you are at the limit of density and front positioning of your piece for your current length and style.. Although ...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 22 41,051 05-15-2012, 10:34 AM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Short pics

Base is I-Lace Island with French as the perimeter, 1B, 67%, freestyle, 3mil up front, Nx-Gen bottom coat with UH on top for the perimeter, Walker No Shine tape on the I-Lace for extra hold in the mid...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 06-30-2009, 03:50 PM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Re: Short pics

Thanks John, Jazzy, BA and Sprital! Jade and Jazzy, the I-Lace for me is great BUT there has to be a SFS or French on the entire perimter, with the I-Lace being an "island". If you cut into the I-La...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 07-01-2009, 04:05 PM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Re: Short pics

FredTJ Wrote:Any chance you can post up a couple of those photos showing where the edge of the lace actually is, specifically on the side and back. I'm trying to figure out if you've left a little bit...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 07-02-2009, 04:05 AM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Re: Short pics

Stealth, The longer hair is on the unit itself although my sides are a tad bit longer on top near the shaved part. I brusheds the piece hair straight up to the sky. I don't wear it out like this, by ...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 07-02-2009, 04:52 PM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Re: Short pics

Here is an un marked photo: [Image: http://i42.tinypic.com/2wrnec5.jpg]
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 07-03-2009, 01:53 AM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Re: Short pics

Thanks Baldrich. You can actually see lace in the second photo. I brushed everything up to the sky. I don't wear it that way and there is some lace overhang. To answer your other question, it's not r...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 07-03-2009, 01:53 AM
    Thread: Short pics
Post: Re: Short pics

Here is a marked photo 1.) White arrow points to a dark line that exists between parentheses. This line is my natural hair at the edge - the line exists because when I applied the glue I went too clo...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 20 32,877 07-03-2009, 02:00 AM
    Thread: 3-Mil tape has changed?
Post: 3-Mil tape has changed?

Hi guys, I got some 3-mil recently and it is "packaged" differently, THAT I KNOW - the wrapper/backing is now white plain. However it is not the same 3-mil no shine tape of yesterday. Not even clos...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 17 29,599 08-05-2009, 12:15 PM
    Thread: 3-Mil tape has changed?
Post: Re: 3-Mil tape has changed?

Just to show that spikey can be civilized. [Image: http://i31.tinypic.com/24ex1l5.jpg]
reubin General hair replacement discussion 17 29,599 08-05-2009, 12:21 PM
    Thread: 3-Mil tape has changed?
Post: Re: 3-Mil tape has changed?

Thanks rafs Mr Brenner, I attach a roll tape all the way around (ST-30 or non residue or the Walker no Shine) however it is about 1.5" back from the front. When attaching the roll tape, in the front ...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 17 29,599 08-05-2009, 04:36 PM
    Thread: 3-Mil tape has changed?
Post: Re: 3-Mil tape has changed?

Again, this is tape (3-mil) and French Lace (I-LACE Island) up front! I never though I could get a decent front with that combo. [Image: http://i31.tinypic.com/2n5esg.jpg] And different shots of t...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 17 29,599 08-05-2009, 04:48 PM
    Thread: 3-Mil tape has changed?
Post: Re: 3-Mil tape has changed?

DebbieS. Wrote:the 3 mil tape that I sell (walker) is exactly the same as its always been. the look hasn't changed nor has the tape. DebbieS. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.s...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 17 29,599 08-05-2009, 04:30 PM
    Thread: How does it feel?
Post: RE: How does it feel?

"How Does it Feel?" Like a Rolling Stone - but looks better if you've ever seen Mick.
reubin General hair replacement discussion 13 24,742 02-11-2011, 02:59 AM
    Thread: help needed, im going for it!
Post: RE: help needed, im going for it!

In order to really help with density we would need to see your side hair - the hair you highlight in the photos is the hair you are shaving off - except for the very front. But I do get a sense that y...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 12 23,777 05-15-2012, 10:21 AM
    Thread: Please post on the new forum--use the old forum for searches
Post: Re: Please post on the new forum--use the old foru...

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reubin General hair replacement discussion 11 22,326 08-19-2008, 12:37 PM
    Thread: I only get three weeks out of a piece
Post: Re: I only get three weeks out of a piece

I know this is a longshot but what are the chances of swimming one of those days bald, in between attachments? A bandana or hat on the way to the pool? Chlorine wreaks havoc on a piece. Just a thought
reubin General hair replacement discussion 12 21,778 08-05-2009, 04:52 PM
    Thread: I only get three weeks out of a piece
Post: Re: I only get three weeks out of a piece

I like Mean Dean's idea, a scrappy piece you wear to the pool, put on the cap, afterwards hit the shower and there you have it. The only thing is you need to do full attachemnts back and forth betwee...
reubin General hair replacement discussion 12 21,778 08-06-2009, 06:55 AM