Wigs and hair extensions are being worn by people to hide their baldness and give a natural look to one’s appearance. Baldness could occur due to the abnormal excessive hair fall. Synthetic hair manufacturing is popular since ancient period, many men and women used to wear it for fashion and for hiding their baldness too. They are being available in variety of colors, sizes, textures and length since then only. Certain steps are followed to prepare synthetic hair:
Synthetic Hair Manufacturing Procedure
Firstly, manufacturers use one type of fiber, acrylic, and polyester organize them together, then hold them into a single bunch. Then, hair of small length approx 7.5 cm long are separated out by a hackle, after this serviceable hair are bundled together to form a suitable size by using a fine string.
After this, if any bug is found while inspecting these hair, then they are removed there only by boiling them in an acetic acid solution and combined by a Knitting machine which has tooth made of steel. In the next step, each bundle is gently washed with hands into soapy hot water containing disinfectants.
The bundle is rinsed off many times with a clean water and dried out in an open air and squeezed in a dry towel. These bundles are then spiked to be straightened and brushed , so that the wig makers could sort them according to their lengths and sizes. According to the desired style, these hair are then curled using a curler , straightened and waived according to the desire of the user.
For curling the hair, they are boiled into a water for an hour at least and then dried out in a warm oven for more than a day. Then according to the head size of the client, the model is made. Some basic measurements are taken of the head covering from both ends of the ears, till forehead including the nape of the neck. Then a pattern is drawn and cut on a transparent paper and assembled on a wooden head like structure. For making a foundation, the edge of wig is taken out from a fine mesh made of silk, cotton or nylon.
For adjusting some part in a wig, a very fine strip of a silk is cut and placed in appropriate location. The pieces are joined together according to the head size and direction by knotting them with a needle. It usually takes 40 hours to tie a whole wig.
After all the hair are attached together, they are mounted on a canvas to do a final knotting around the edges and the wig is pressed with heated irons for securing the wig. Finally whole wig is joined on to a soft block for giving it a style.
