So... a competitor is now trying to sell the tool and needles that Dollyhair has been selling for many years, and at the same exact prices for which Dollyhair sells them! I am pretty irked by the fact that I even need to address this problem, and that a competitor is selling something without any care that it can ruin customers' art projects. I don't want the competitor's product to influence customers' opinions, and cause customers to assume that Dollyhair's product is the same. It's not. Please do not be fooled into buying tools/needles sold elsewhere. Why? Because the reroot tool needles sold elsewhere are just needles whose eyes are snipped off crudely, by toenail clippers! Not only can you do that yourself at home, but the prongs of the competitor's needles are not sharpened, thereby making the needles less able to get inserted into a doll's head without breaking, and thereby making it much more likely that you're going to end up splitting your doll's scalp. Buy Dollyhair's tool, and you will see the difference - needles which have both prongs nicely sharpened, which means needles that go into your doll's head easily, are less likely to cause your doll's head to split, and will last you a much longer time. Here is the tool. The design of the tool changes from time to time, so the tool that you receive may not look exactly like the one pictured below. But functionally, it will be exactly the same:
The tighter you screw the chuck onto the handle, the more tightly the collet will hold the needle in place. You can loosen the chuck and push the pronged needle into the tool more deeply, or you can pull the needle out further, so this gives you a lot of versatility, as far as how deeply you want the hair to be rooted into the doll's head. If you unscrew the collet, you can pull the pronged needle out completely and change it out with the pointed needle, or with a new pronged needle if you happen to break the old needle! So, sometimes you'll be using the pointed needle, and sometimes you'll be using the pronged needle. The reroot tool kit comes with three pronged needles You'll use this pronged needle to push the hair into the doll's head. The reroot tool kit also comes with one larger needle - it's simply a sharp needle, used to poke the holes into the head in order to widen them before you root the hair with the pronged needle. After your reroot, you can make the hair 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. We are also selling Fabri-Tac glue below. Please scroll down to buy it. 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. Don't forget to scroll all the way down the page so you can see the tutorial on how to use the tool! REROOT TOOL KIT:
Inevitably, your pronged needles will break once in a while. That's why the kit includes two replacement needles. Obviously, you will need to remove the broken needle from the tool. Just unscrew the chuck a little bit, pull the broken needle out, place a new needle inside the tool, and screw the chuck to to tighten it around the new needle. You can order additional replacement needles for $1.00 apiece by clicking below: REROOT TOOL REPLACEMENT NEEDLE: You can now choose from varying sizes
of needles! The reroot tool normally comes with standard
size 8 needles. If you find that the size 8 needles aren't
right for your project, then you have the option of ordering
smaller or larger needles! Remember, the smaller your
needle is, the more chance there is of the needle breaking
while doing your reroot. However, the larger the needle,
the more chance you'll have of splitting your doll's head
open. So the idea that you're shooting for is to use the
smallest size needle that's appropriate for your project,
and if it breaks once in a while, then that's ok. If your
needle is breaking very often, then you may want to consider
going with a larger size. Regular Barbie dolls should be rooted
with standard size 8 needles, while Tonner/Gene dolls
and Silkstone Barbies would probably be better off with
size 7 needles.Size 7 needles are also the most appropriate
for My Little Ponies. These are just my suggestions, and
you should use whatever size you feel most comfortable
with. |
You can also order Fabri-Tac glue, the best glue you'll ever use, by clicking below. Put a little bit of this glue inside the doll's head after your reroot is finished to ensure a 100% secure hold, and swab it around with a q-tip.
Fabri-Tac Glue :
one
1 oz. bottle of glue
Look below to see the illustrated tutorial which shows you how to use the reroot tool. REMEMBER, the tutorial below shows the OLD reroot tool. HOWEVER, YOU will receive the NEW, METAL reroot tool, and the metal reroot tool is used EXACTLY the same way as the old tool.
(click the photos to see them close-up)
You can also click HERE to see the Youtube video tutorial from My Froggy Stuff!