Sorry folks by choice I have little time for recreational internet and Like John says I do travel frequently.

Over the weekend I will address each question that has not yet answered by me or someone else.

Right now if you see post #17 from me, what I had written in italics, basically I attempted to post photos in a step by step in regards to the tape up front but the forum mashed all the pics and posts together and there was nothing I could to to keep them separate and coherent with their corresponding text. Frustrating, so I abandoned ship, losing some of my photos since then.

So I will shove what photos I still have into this post and hope it makes sense.

In short the 3 mil up front is just so awesome but it is a pain to clean and gets gummy faster but there is never any issue with hairs sticking to the front or lining anything up and after about 6 hours it is as undetectable as glue. Because it is glue in tape format.

So the compromise is

3-mil up front with
walker no shine behind it -

but not in that order:

photo 1.) Apply walker no shine contours to the base (I use CC) about 1/2" from the front edge of the lace.

2.) I also cut a CC in half and get the rest of the perimeter on either side - still about 1/2" from the front/side edges.

3.) Then attach the 3-mil (after peeling the backs off from the Walker) on top of the walker but all the way up to the edge. The red arrows show the Walker tape that was applied first.

The lace only has 1/2" of the 3 mil tape touching it. The scalp will have ALL of the 3 mil touching it.

This makes clean up a breeze as when releasing with 99% all of the tape stays on the scalp except for a little bit of that 3MIL that was right up to the edge of the front lace. I get an easy 7 days but if I had the time and wherewithal I would change up Thursdays and Sunday, but not completely necessary.

The rest of this will most likely seem incoherent especially with no photos but here goes...

remove all of the tape backing (only the 3mil backing should remain at this stage of things - this completes the first removal of all backings as there are no backings on the tape -just totally exposed tapes).

Now put backings back on:

Put half strips of backing on the two sides of the already attached tape on the base/front leaving about 4" of center tape exposed. (I use three of the half strips on each side). I attach these strips perpendicular to the way the tape was applied which gives me an easy spot to grab to peel it off once the piece is half stuck on. This because being longer it hangs over the tape on the inner side - where the red arrows are in photo 3. Not now but soon you are going you want to peel the backing off from the inside or back from the hair line - NOT STARTING from the hair line. As the 3MIL is not easy to work with.

but backing up... I do this 4" exposed so that I can line the back up with only a small sticky area up front to contend with if I need to move the piece around.

So the attachment:

Line up the back and sides and press/tack the 4" sticky front into place and flip the back part of the piece forward like an open car hood and apply tape to the back and perimeter of the scalp, remove those perpendicular side strips from the piece and complete the attachment - from front to back. Your vision may be partially blocked having the piece flipped forward.

There is not really any touch up on the front front because the glue/tape is totally lined up. I may press powder if there is a little shine.

Notes: releasing tape attachments does add a little more wear and tear on the lace base = fraying - so you really need to add more releasing agent and never pull the piece off.

Also the 3 mil has a tendency to prefer sticking to the tape backing instead of the lace itself and since backing is removed twice you need to make sure the original application of the 3 mil on top of the walker is solid - use some pressure and always peel the backing as much as possible starting from the center/sides of the piece - never start peeling away from the front.