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06-15-2010, 10:38 AM stimmy7 stimmy7 is offline Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northern California, USA Posts:
307 Default Re: Hand Stacking  Not really much anyone can show
in a video- the one I recall seeing once ws on a Chris Helm
tape, but almost all videos I've seen with harirwings use a
stacker. You can use essentially anything that has a flat bottom
to stack hair, it doesn't have to be a commercial stacker- I use
an empty .22 casing for small amounts of hair and used to use a
clear plastic pill bottle in the 'old days'.  Hand stacking is a
sort of tedious process, but you can make it a bit easier on
yourself by doing a couple of things. First, make sure you're
starting with CLEAN hair- if you need to wash it, use something
like Dawn dish detergent in warm water, because it removes a lot
of oil/grease. Next, use a comb to remove as much underfur as
you can while it's still on the skin. Then apply a SMALL amount
of hair conditione