Has anyone here actually done this? I'm told you take a section of hair, split it in two, take 1 section wrap it round the other & then burn it.

LMAO..I guess if that is the way you want your dreads to look..singed hair..?

I have never done them but did watch one of the stylist do them on a black guy..she used a funky pomade..dirty making stuff.
Never have heard of burning the hair.

I dont do hair but can imagine if you do that to someone they will end up burnt and bald.
give me your contact details and i will send the ex to you lol

At Dreadlocks.com we help you grow dreads. How to make dreds dredlocks the right way.

try this ,
hth x

I aways thought you used soap. not a lighter.....

I think you misunderstand 'burning' guys

Quote below from a rasta site, link given at bottom.

Before anything I want to clarify that "rasta" is the name of a religion. Dreadlock is each one of the tubes in your hair. Only in Argentina "rasta" is the name given to the hair style.
First of all, I break the hair when it's clean and dry and I start making the dreads. Later on I apply a liquid that allows me to burn the hair while rubbing it WITH MY HANDS, NOT WITH FIRE or any kind of product that will damage your hair.

Rastas, Dreadlocks, Rastas, Dreadlocks!. Argentina, Mas de 250 Fotos

Anyway this girl does not need to use extensions her hair is long, however she's white & therefore the techniques applied for black hair may not necessarily work, i wanted to know if anyone had actually tried it on caucasion hair. Thanks for the dreadlock link lotus, appreciate it

sorry for the mis understanding but I had never heard the term "burn" so you can only imagine what was going through my head.

Hi

I have been looking into this a lot lately as I want dreads too...

If you do a search for Knotty boy it come up with a link to the salon website with instructions of what to do. They also sell their own products and kits.

Hope this helps mate!

XXXX

i have a friend with dreads and he used egg !!!....

There are special types of hair waxes that you can get from the Afro-Caribbean hair shops.
Burning hair at the end only applies to synthetic hair extensions. When they are plaited into the natural hair to be used as extenstions, they can sometimes be burnt at the end. It melts and holds the hair in place - as it has the quality of dolls' hair really.
If in doubt, speak to a specialist at an Afro-Caribbean hair shop.

LOL dont worry about it, i should have explained it better.

Great thanks, Sarah, i'll let you know how i get on

How does it look?

Diva - thank you, i will check out the waxes available at the local afro caribbean shop.

Just want to give a big shout out to pirate Sarah, that website is outstanding, answers every question i had & has full video demonstrations on caucasian hair, top link, if your ever up north i'll happily dread your hair, also feed you 'take out food', cant cook & get you drunk lol, how's that? thanks, your a star

Thanks Six! I might just take you up on that!

Forgot to mention yesterday... there is another american company called dreadheadhq who have loads of info, products gallerys etc..

and if you search for dreadworks in the UK, this is a shop that sells both knottyboy and dreadheadhq products - so you dont have to get them from the USA.

Let me know how it goes!

xxxxxxx

Hi, heres some info I copied from another forum, but I can vouch for the correctness of the information as I had dreads for about five years during the 90's, as did a lot of my lighter skinned, straighter haired mates.

"WAX:
make sure they dont use it- it will turn them nasty, it collects dirt and your hair cant knot it self up naturally as it cant move being incased in it all. and it is nearly imposible to get out
PRODUCTS:
most of the dreadlock products to look after and care for them on the market/net are ******, they can make ur dreads sticky, full of residues. and basicly do nuffink they say.
if they tell you u cant use normal shampoos they lie, you can as long as your dreads are settled and youve had them a few months, and you wash all the residues left fromt eh shampoo out, and dry well. if they are left they can become mouldy and break off.

MAINTENANCE:
dread locks are really easy to take care of and keep clean as long as you do it properly.
never thread a dread back through on its self at the root, this will start to plait it and then it cant knot up.
best way to do the roots is to grab the dread fromt eh root inbetween index and middle fingers, and rub in a circular motion and u can feel it knotting up. and also palm rol the dread.
palm rolling is essential at first as it helps train teh hair to lock up, into that nice sausage shape. you dont really need to root rub for a few weeks after getting them done, as the roots will be weak from all the pulling."
hth's