I have tried several of the other tapes, including some of the substitutes.
I wore my piece for 3 weeks in Bangkok in 95 degree heat and humidity
and the sucker held firm with ST30.

The other tapes may work for others, but not for me.

I would ask John from Toplace what is on my original order form ....
He can quote the exact specs ... I'm not sure.
I think it was Swiss.

For my first attachment as a hair wearer in that pic ....
I'm not sure if we were using ST-30 with either some white
glue or the ultra hold in the front.

Because In the beginning, we had success using just
the ST-30 tape (even in front) .... but only when the
piece was fairly new.

We experimented with many attachments, tapes
and glues. I loved ST-30 with a fine layer of glue for
the front. When ST-30 went into limbo, we tried white
glue over the entire scalp (not a great hold for me) ...
Finally I came up with the mixture of the 2 different
glues which works for my particular body chemistry.

The exact details I published in an email the old forum
(I don't know if BA has finally removed it, but there was
wisdom in those old posts that were invaluable).

BTW: where is the old forum. I asked BA when I had tried
to copy to a disk the old posts to read off line, he said he
found a way to copy the whole forum database and would send me
a disk ... That was a while back. I had forgot to follow
up with him.

The early stories from BA and the experimental
hair wearers are invaluable ... some purely inspiring ...
If you get a chance .... go through it (again ... if it
is still around).

balamouti Wrote:very nice.
Allegedly the supertape is ST30. Have you tried it?
Also, they say that the tape countours with the wholes in it, the one that has blue lace for your skin and red liner on the other side. They say that one is pretty good.
I found Maria in Chicago. I gave her a ring 10 mins ago. She also does the re-attachments. She is not as involved as Didi in terms of colouring a unit etc. But, she seems to know how to do the other stuff.

Count, do you have Swiss or French lace?

btw, your pics of hairline. . .are they ultra hold on the front 1/8 of inch and then tape right behind it for support?

Thanks buddy,
Jim.