My unit arrived and I'm immediately impressed, the color matches my own hair very well and it's a stock unit.

I am going to cut it into a front partial.

Question 1 - should I wash the unit first with shampoo before cutting it into a front partial and adhering it to my head? (Temple to temple and slightly lowering natural hairline)

Question 2 - do I need to put some of that alcohol based thing on the lace to remove any residual silicone spray that apparently seeps through onto the lace (The silicone spray is apparently there to maintain shelf life and apparently is hard to adhere when it's there.)

Final question - My template isn't really a U shape. It's more like a U with little flaps on each side (Like this: 'U') that go down my temples a bit. I have attached a picture, it isn't me in the picture but my template is basically the same. However when I place my template into the hairline of the stock system, I notice that you can't really include these flaps.

So I'm wondering - should I just forget about the flaps and change my template into a simple U shape? Or should I place my template into the system in the middle of it, so that I can cut the shape and include the little flaps?

Thanks all!