Threader Installation Video
- Prepare all tools at your station.
- Place hair at your station in sections.
- Put about 10 or more locs / shells (wide end opening up) on your threader.
- Prepare your clients hair, start at the neck about 1 inch above the neck line.
Clip excess hair away. - Put shells on the theader with wide end facing up.
- Very important to have a proper fold.
Select enough hair in a little square section, about 15-20 strands and use the coated clips to hold the clients hair. - Place the hair extension with the client’s hair in the coated clips.
Now both are together in the coated clips. - Keep in mind client’s hair and extension hair has to fit through the loc / shell. It’s a balancing act, taking too little of the client’s hair will cause them to slip out. Taking too much, it will not fit in the shell; Clip the client’s hair and the hair extensions together with the coated clip.
- Place the client’s hair and the extension into the threader.
- Pull all the hairs through the locs / shells.
- Move the locs / shells up the threader carefully with your fingers.
- Place locs / shells close to the scalp and with your comb, remove any excess hair away from the locs / shells so it’s tangle free.
- Place the locs / shells in your V spot in your installation tool. Press down in the V spot.
- Open the installation tool; you will see the locs / shells in a V. Twist the V locs / shells 90° and put it on the flat part of the installation tool.
Press down again (flat). You have double folded your loc / shell. This completes the fold and will stay securely in your client’s hair. - Make sure that the installation tool is properly positioned otherwise the locs / shells will stick out; Now spacing and brick laying are important.
Removal
Removal of hair extensions should take place 3-4 months after application. This time frame depends on how fast your clients’ hair grows, and if it is properly cared for.
- Use the tip of the installation tool and place the shell / loc in-between.
- Gently squeeze down.
- The shell / loc will gently open; remove the shell / loc
- Gently remove the hair extension nicely together.
Most of the time you can re-use all the hair. However it is a good idea to have about 30-40 strands available as the client may have damaged some.
The hair can be re-used 2-3 times, the wax will break down. But you can re-wax the tips yourself. You will need a heater for it.
Please note:
You will need to replace all the shell / locs each time when putting them back in.




