Tips

Problem 1: Loose hairs

  
 
This is a dental floss threader  
a dreadlock with loose hairsa dreadlock sewing in the loose hairs  
These are loose hairs. They can be a pain. You can thread the loose hairs through the detal flosser and pull them through your dread, twist them into a ball and *poof * no more loose hairs!  
   

Problem 2: Loose Tips

  
tip rolling a dreadlock, this is how you make your tips round and smooth  
Grab the dread about 1/2 inch away from the tip. Now press the tip that extends past your thumb and fingers firmly into the palm of your other hand. While pressing roll the tip around your palm in a circular direction. You should notice the hair at the tip start to tangle and tighten and maybe flare out a bit. After you've rolled it and gotten it as tight as you tight and as tangled as you can, roll it back and forth between your fingers working in a little bit of dreadwax. Now you can leave it as is or use a rubberband to finish it off and hold it nice and tight.  
   
Here is another way to fix loose tips.  
another way to make round smooth tips on your dreads  
   

Problem 3: BUGS!

  
I pray this doesn't happen to anyone with dreads. But if it does there is a way to get rid of them. Soak your dreads in rubbing alcohol and tie a large plastic bag over your dreads, any bag will do as long as it keeps the fumes on your head. Let your dreads soak for 30 minutes. After they soak rinse your dreads really really well. Repeat all this again in 3 days.  
 
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