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Knotty Boy FAQs .: Maintaining Dreads .: Maintenance of New Locks (0-6 Months) .: I've bought a Knotty Boy Basic Dreadlock Starter Kit, but I haven't got started yet because I'm not sure how things will look, due to my grey hair. I've dyed my hair dark brown/black for years and it grows back grey/white at the roots. Regular coloring obviously necessitates regular washing, which I don’t think will be ok for new locks. I chose Dark Wax in my Kit, in the hope that might disguise my grey new-growth. Any hints and tips you could offer would be great! I've bought a Knotty Boy Basic Dreadlock Starter Kit, but I haven't got started yet because I'm not sure how things will look, due to my grey hair. I've dyed my hair dark brown/black for years and it grows back grey/white at the roots. Regular coloring obviously necessitates regular washing, which I don’t think will be ok for new locks. I chose Dark Wax in my Kit, in the hope that might disguise my grey new-growth. Any hints and tips you could offer would be great! I’m not sure the Dark Wax will help disguise the grey, as it’s only lightly tinted and not designed to make another-colored hair appear to be brown. You can keep on coloring hair when you have dreads once they are strong and together enough to handle the ‘abuse’. Coloring dreads won't hinder the locking process and often seems to help as it tends to strip and dry the hair out more, thus facilitating the making of knots in there. And yes, washing your locks after the first 2 weeks is very important, once or twice a week. This will also help knots to form and keep your scalp clean and healthy. See the Knotty Boy DreadCare page for more info about that. When dying your locks, use a little extra colour, work it really well into the knots and let it sit a little while longer than normal. Then rinse, rinse, RINSE! Alternatively, you could consider the additional change of not only having dreadlocks for the first time, but perhaps also embracing a more natural crown of magnificent silver dreadlocks, which can often be truly stunning! Article 137 Created 3-14-2007 Author emma Rating Email    Print    Add Comment How helpful was this article to you? 5 - Very Helpful 4 3 - Somewhat Helpful 2 1 - Not Helpful Related Articles I first put dreads in my hair about a year and a half ago. Things were great until a month ago when I ran out of your bar soap and instead bought a bottle of selson blue to cute my crazy itchy scalp. it was pretty nice at first, it made the roots of my hair pretty nappy, but after about 3-4 days, the bearable fragrances drifted off, and the main ingredients stench crept forth: sulfur. the smell was horrid! anyhoo, i havent used that crap for about 2 months, but everytime i wash, i can still smell the sulfur, and so can others. i've tried tons of things, but the smell is there. now that i think about it, had i started off buying another shampoo bar, i probably wouldnt be in this situation, but im now wondering if there is anything i could possibly do to lift the smell of sulfur out of my hair? The constant washing also means my hair is constantly damp and it's musty now too. Double-whammy of stank. Wow- sorry to hear about your horrible...   3-23-2007    Views: 2277    My son has baby fine, thin light brown hair with a wave curl, 4 inches long. After bleaching his hair, he was ready for dreadlocks. The hairdresser we went to said his hair was good texture & length for the dread locks. She sectioned hair in 1/2 inch squares, total of 61, split each square in two, twisted it with beeswax, used a salon product on it and shaved up to ears at back. He loved it! But before we got home, we drove 2 hours looking for beeswax because the twists were untwisting! We finally found a salon that sold us Walnut Bees Wax, she also told us we didn't have dread locks, we had twists and we would have to twist and wax everyday. So 1/2 hour each morning I am twisting & waxing. Thru the night with a stocking, the wax wears off at the pillow area, and untwists but the top of head does not make contact, so the beeswax is still there but twists still undo. So now that I know we have twists, am I going to be twisting and waxing my life away every morning at 6am for 1/2 hour? When the new growth of light brown hair grows in under the squared teased spot, how is it that this becomes teased? Your dread wax seems harder. With using your wax will it give us staying power for the twists, and less greasy shine & less redoing the twists? (My wax is soft but not runny and the twists remain soft.) DREADS, TWISTS, LOCKS, BRAIDS - are these 4 different hairstyles? Ok, we'll try and tackle these as best we... (No rating)  8-24-2006    Views: 15    I have successfully removed my locks with your removal kit, but I still have some shampoo and conditioner left over. can I still use it on my regular hair? Yes indeedy!  Both the shampoo and the... (No rating)  4-25-2007    Views: 2225    User Comments Add Comment No comments have been posted.