Re: Henna Cone?
Posted by Kenzi on April 21, 2000 at 17:34:50:
In Reply to: Re: Henna Cone? posted by Natalie on April 21, 2000 at 14:00:45:
: The bottles had a lot of the same problems as the cones.
: The paste either wouldn't come through the plastic nozzle
: (even after sticking a fork prong through it) or the paste came
: out too runny, or in spurts. I was using a Jacquard bottle.
: My henna is fresh green and after sifting its very smooth. So I
can't
: tell that the henna is the problem. It doesn't have any clumps or
: pieces of stem. I can get pretty, somewhat fine lines with the
: toothpick.
: Could the lines not be flowing from the cone from lack of even
: pressure? I made the cone without henna. Taped up all the edges.
: Its not leaking. I hope I can learn to use one. I hear the lines are
: very nice.
: Natalie
From my experience using the Jacquard bottle, I find that clogs that
you get with good, well-softed henna, are usually from a blocked
tip. It's hard to see inside those tips and see all the dried henna
that gets stuck. You may think you have cleaned it well, but then a
piece of the dried stuff flakes off and clogs it. I suggest keeping
the tips in a bowl of warm water while you are working - this is if
you are using different sized tips and switching back and forth. If
you let one sit around with paste in it even for five minutes, the
paste can dry. When you are finished hennaing for the day, I
suggested leaving all the tips in a bowl of water overnight to make
sure they are clean. After that I usually blow and/or suck water
through them to make sure that they are completely clean. If you
soak them while you work and after you work, you probably won't have
to do much else.
I hear that someone at Sirius is going to be mediating a discussion
of different methods of applying henna and a sort of tools
overview....I hope to figure out the cone thing there myself.
BTW, do you have any photos of your work using toothpicks?
