Great Lengths Anger!
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Topic: Great Lengths Anger!
Posted By: sammyJB
Subject: Great Lengths Anger!
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 5:43am
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So I get a new client in who wishes to have her previous extensions removed and new ones put in by myself. I agree to this unaware that she is wearing Great lengths. I've no experience of them at all other than people on here stating the nightmare that is removal and the 'six months' issue.
So, I attempted to remove them with acetone which was laughable and decided to contact a few Great Lengths salons to enquire (the place she had them done she has since moved from and it's a long way away). To be fair, I was very impressed with the hair and the system. The hair, three months on looked good and the bonds are fantastic. The concern is that they may start to dreadlock if left in for much longer.
The salon informed me that they wouldn't touch her hair if they hadn't installed the extensions. I explained the situation. They said 'sorry that's just the way it is' and hung up. I attempted another salon who were slightly less chirpy than the previous who gave me the same answer. Finally, a salon said 'yes, they would do it'. I thought Hoorah. That was until she said 'but she'll have to pay
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Posted By: sammyJB
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 5:43am
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So I get a new client in who wishes to have her previous extensions removed and new ones put in by myself. I agree to this unaware that she is wearing Great lengths. I've no experience of them at all other than people on here stating the nightmare that is removal and the 'six months' issue.
So, I attempted to remove them with acetone which was laughable and decided to contact a few Great Lengths salons to enquire (the place she had them done she has since moved from and it's a long way away). To be fair, I was very impressed with the hair and the system. The hair, three months on looked good and the bonds are fantastic. The concern is that they may start to dreadlock if left in for much longer.
The salon informed me that they wouldn't touch her hair if they hadn't installed the extensions. I explained the situation. They said 'sorry that's just the way it is' and hung up. I attempted another salon who were slightly less chirpy than the previous who gave me the same answer. Finally, a salon said 'yes, they would do it'. I thought Hoorah. That was until she said 'but she'll have to pay
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 6:40am
| alcohol, they use alcohol on the bonds and crack with pliers. $- P cn`dp0% 00BB .64b" !( %($%,!)$!!!!8br 0 |
Posted By: asinnamon
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 6:46am
Grain or rubbing? maybe they spike the clients punch  I've never had the extra cash in my wallet to get them, even if I did I prolly wouldn't. I can't believe what they get away with!!
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Posted By: 222chik222
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 6:51am
| =( sorry to hear about your clients extensions. I have heard so many bad things about great lengths its not funny. I wish i could help out with what to use to get them out of her hair, but even googling it doesnt seem to give any clues! They mention their special machine and also a special liquid that they use.....good luck finding out what it is =S Not sure if youve searched, but maybe there has been a previous post on here about removing the extensions...ill have a look for you now =) |
Posted By: 222chik222
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 6:52am
| in reply to what sherrie said, i did read something about using at least 90% alcohol...have no idea where youd get that from lol distillery? |
Posted By: leyda
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 7:05am
| you can buy it here http://www.sciencestuff.com/prod/Chem-Rgnts/C1951! $ iabad |
Posted By: sammyJB
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 8:11am
| Thanks guys. Is this what Great Lengths use? |
Posted By: Darling Nikkie
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 8:54am
I've had Greatlengths in a few times in the past. I thought the hair itself was very nice, but the price they charge is ridiculous! (I was lucky enough that the record label I was working for paid for it  ...)The amount of hair you get for it is laughable too. I asked them for their course thing. 2 days training for an unbelievable price! They're so arrogant... . I'm so happy I decided to start looking on the internet and found out that unlike what g.l. say, you can do it yourself! And with help from all you ladies here it's great fun!!
I do wonder what hair they use though. ,% Rh da dbd !.$ p ) 4b .$% !$!,$ %$% ),b` |
Posted By: Naked Eye
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 12:42pm
| I believe I've heard before bacardi 151 or everclear works...but I don't know first hand, if you do a search, you might find some more info. |
Posted By: PRNCEZZRAL
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 12:49pm
| I had hair dreams and the bonds are like great lengths and I bought alcohol from sallys. Here is the link. It worked for me. ( $ )`d`dab$ -$*("b -.0bb %:( !,- |
Posted By: JeepGirl
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 1:26pm
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I use to wear GL and it is GREAT hair.....if your rich.....now when my girl first removed them she put some type of solution on them and then used a needle nose plier with the ridges on the sides to help break the bond.....then the next couple of times she just used the pliers with NO solution and it worked fined.....I also took my own out the last time I had them in. Just crunch together one way and then turn the bond and crunch it again and it should pull down and out.
Hope this helps. !, S(,`p "$ %%0`r
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Posted By: frenchie1
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2006 at 3:17pm
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Hi!
I have had problems w/ my Mezzo keratin bonds, they didn't want to leave my little head, no matter what, pure acetone, pliers, keratine glue pro remover.. I have tried alcohol and acetone the one after the other and it helped. I finally got to remove my old fusion strands, they were starting to become locks...very cute!
A lot of patience, tones of pure acetone+alcohol worked for me!
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Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: Aug 18, 2006 at 3:50am
| Oh Sammy that's terrible. Did you try melting one out at all without smearing it down the hair shaft of course. At least then there would be less glue to deal with after. I've never not been able to remove anything without using acetone or oil but then again I've never encountered great lengths x @`d` $%re ,( (b` $$,b` .2 )!-!,$!,!-,%(@r '. |
Posted By: actionjackson
Date Posted: Aug 20, 2006 at 10:25pm
| Seriously. Get yourself some Bacardi 151 Rum and put it in a spray bottle. Spray the attachments and then crunch the bonds. Spray the bonds again if needed. This works way better than acitone or the stuff GL's sells. Good luck to ya. |
Posted By: Darling Nikkie
Date Posted: Aug 21, 2006 at 1:46am
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...and if you put some in a glass as well, taking out the hair will be a paaaaaarty LOL
Seriously though, it seems that alcohol is the key with taking down GL, right? ,% Rh da dbd !.$ p ) 4b .$% !$!,$ %$% ),b` |
Posted By: Xtensngirl
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2006 at 11:22pm
I use So.Cap., it's the same as GL, the two guys that own these companies are best friends. I think you can order their hair and remover without having gone through their course. Their remover takes out GL bonds and I like it better than the GL remover anyway. GL-remover is a bit more liquidy and the SC is a gel. (818) 841-9881 is the number of the West Coast distributor in Los Angeles. Good Luck!! 
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Posted By: Darling Nikkie
Date Posted: Aug 24, 2006 at 12:09am
Interesting...  ,% Rh da dbd !.$ p ) 4b .$% !$!,$ %$% ),b`
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Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: Aug 24, 2006 at 1:19am
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put some rubbing alcohol in a bowl, and brush it on with a color brush- or put it in a spray bottle and spray each one a few times, crush bonds and it should come out- i just took out a new clients full head, all 200 in about
1 1/2 hrs go slllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwww
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Posted By: Shirilyn
Date Posted: Aug 24, 2006 at 1:21pm
 Yeah, when I took my first fusion down it was he**. I swore to never do another install again, and I haven't. Good luck to ya. Some of the glue take downs are easy and some are time consuming. You are going to need a drink after that take down and install in the same day. Girl mo powa to ya!
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Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: Aug 24, 2006 at 3:07pm
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Do you think 60% alkohol would remove fusion? I know a guy who can make me sum:P 0 Ch Fata ,!4 `` $ 4`p -$!!, ) ,-$% `` " |
Posted By: barbielocs
Date Posted: Sep 4, 2006 at 2:41am
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Posted By: dolphingirl
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2006 at 1:26am
Hi, I read your post and I was excited to read that you took out your Great Lengths extensions yourself. I am planning on getting the extensions in soon and would rather take them out myself. I read that I can even buy the remover (SoCap) brand and use them on my GL extensions. How did you remove yours?
Thankyou,
Dolphingirl
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Posted By: metalgirl
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2006 at 12:34pm
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All these companies use regular pure acetone. They just put it in a different bottle and slap their own label on it. $- P cn`dp0% 00BB .(4`p /.%%%,-$)$!-!(b" /, |
Posted By: barbielocs
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2006 at 4:51pm
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the bottle of gl remover i have in my hand has no acetone in it. but the ingrediants in it are (in order) isopropyl alcohol ,ethyl alcohol aqua, acrylates copolymer , triethanolamine, cl 42080
also does anyone know where to buy the socap? i thought you had to take there course to purchase and i dont want to take another one....
ps
i have used everclear too and it works just as well as gl remover if you can get it in your state, as some states do not sell it.
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2006 at 4:54pm
| I think you have to take the course to get their pre-bonded hair. You also need their special machine to bond it. ( |
Posted By: barbielocs
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2006 at 5:03pm
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i just emailed them. i took the gl and cinderella course and i dont want to pay for another but i am interested in seeing there prices. i think any bonding machine will work for them. i saw them at a hair show last year but i lost all the info they gave me...but i bought some of there hair and it was good(still have some of it too as its not my color) and there remover seems just like the gl one...its like a jello substance and works wekk. i just dont remeber what i paid for them ethior |
Posted By: Club Salon
Date Posted: Sep 14, 2006 at 10:09pm
| Neither Great Lengths nor So Caps use acetone to remove bonds, they both have their own and yes each one will work on the other. I remove one or the other everyday and very seldom have any problem at all with removing them, maybe like 1 out of 20 clients are hard to remove. % Sadn`4b` -,(4`p /.4br #,% !!,-,! !,!-, |
Posted By: Blondie1972
Date Posted: Sep 22, 2006 at 5:27pm
Posted By: Darling Nikkie Date Posted: Sep 23, 2006 at 5:48am
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Posted By: Darling Nikkie Date Posted: Sep 25, 2006 at 2:35am
Posted By: 1hairlover Date Posted: Sep 26, 2006 at 1:39am
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Posted By: Darling Nikkie Date Posted: Sep 26, 2006 at 2:36am
Posted By: dolphingirl Date Posted: Sep 26, 2006 at 1:12pm
Posted By: Shirilyn Date Posted: Sep 26, 2006 at 4:46pm
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- but I can't see them say that you have to take their course... . It probably is different in the US, but there's no real problem if you really want the Socap, it seems. ,% Rh da dbd !.$ p ) 4b .$% !$!,$ %$% ),b`
I want to order. However do I have to be licensed? I am not going back to great lengths and ladies please tell me if you believe that So-Cap is a better method????? Meaning safer for my hair???? I heard that they have better colors like ash colors which GL does not have any ASH colors. If you have any new info I know that I will be switching methods soon...dreading the day I have to remove GL...
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