Doll Hair- DOLLYHAIR.COM Saran and Nylon for rerooting

The NEW REROOT TOOL: It consists of two needles inserted into a wooden dowel, one needle on each end. The smaller needle has had its eye sawed off at an angle, in order to create a prong. You would use this prong to push the hair into the doll's head. The larger needle is simply a sharp needle, used to poke the holes into the head in order to widen them for use with the pronged needle. This is not the most secure method to root your doll, but it's fairly secure, and you can make it 100% secure if you're able to remove the doll's head and put a little bit of glue inside it once your rerot is finished. DO NOT use krazy glue. It can seep out of the holes and stiffen your doll's roots, ruining your reroot. I prefer to use FABRI-TAC glue, made by Beacon Adhesives.

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I just squirt a little glue into the head and swirl it around with a q-tip to make sure that it gets into every little crevice.

NOW, you may remember that I have always been concerned about the reroot tool made by other sellers. In fact, I used to warn people against using it because it can cause scalp splits. But I started thinking that the theory behind the design was pretty good. I decided to make a vast improvement upon the design of the tool, and I started making the tools myself. The pronged needle on MY reroot tool is VERY small... small enough not to cause scalp splits. My tool is also different from other sellers' reroot tools in that it is double-ended. Like I said, one end has the "standard" pronged needle, but the other end has a larger, pointed needle. If you poke through the holes in your doll's head with the pointed end, you will widen the holes enough to allow the pronged end to go through without causing scalp splits. I made my own dolls the "guinea pigs", and I've tested this tool on three dolls so far: a regular Barbie, a Silkstone Barbie, and a Tyler Wentworth doll... ALL of the reroots came out with GREAT success, and NO scalp splits! AND they went SO MUCH quicker than the needle and thread method!

	Step 1: Select your doll, and remove her hair. This can be done easily by cutting her hair as short as possible, and then removing the head and pulling the plugs out with small pliers or tweezers, going in through the neck hole. Once you have a bald doll, paint her head with acrylic paint, using the same color paint as the hair to be rooted. I didn't paint the head for the tutorial because I wanted the hair and the head to have contrasting colors for better viewing purposes in the photos.
	Step 2) Here's the reroot tool. Notice that it has two different needles, one on each end. One end is pronged, and the other is pointed.
	Step 3) Notice that the pronged end of the tool consists of a long prong and a short prong.
	Step 4) Using the pointed end of the tool, poke into the pre-existing holes in the doll's head. This is not necessary for the softer headed dolls, like Barbie (but it never hurts to do it), but it makes your reroot a LOT easier if you're rerooting one of the harder headed dolls, like a Silkstone Barbie or Tonner doll. The pointed end can also be used to poke new holes into your doll's head. This is good for greating a new part, for instance.
	Step 5) Separate a small section of hair from the larger hank, and hold it between your fingers. You will want to hold it between your fingers like this: Your index finger and your middle finger will grasp the top part of the hair, while your ring finger and thumb will grasp the bottom part of the hair (see photo). Trust me, this is the easiest way.
	Step 6) Still holding the hair between your fingers like I suggested in step 5, bring the hair toward the doll's head, and hold it a few millimeters away from the specific hole that you intend to root.
	Step 7) Using the pronged end of the tool, and with the long prong facing toward the hair (important), "grab" a small section of hair between the prongs, and drag the small section toward the hole that you intend to root.
	Step 8) Push the hair into the hole, and push the needle all the way into the head, until the wood touches the doll's head.
	Step 9) Pull the needle out, and voila! You've just rooted your first plug of hair. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until the whole head is rooted. When your reroot is finished, it's a very good idea to put a little glue inside the head so that the hair will not come out when brushed. DO NOT use krazy glue. It can seep out through the holes because it is too liquid. I prefer to use Fabri-Tac glue. You may order Fabri-Tac glue from this website, if you wish. Scroll up to add it to your cart. Elmer's glue should be fine too, but remember that Elmer's is water soluble even when it's dry (boil permers beware), so Fabri-Tac is the best choice. Just squirt a glob of glue into the head, and swab it around with a q-tip to ensure that all of the hair inside the head has been covered in glue.
IMPORTANT: When rooting holes that are very close together, like they are at the hairline and the part line, you can GREATLY reduce your chances of scalp splits if you root the head certain way: Make sure that the prongs of the needle are perpendicular to the line of close holes. Please see the photos below.