How to remove hardened dough from hair?
Besides cutting the hair or applying conditioner or oils, what else can be done to remove hardened dough from hair?
Would vinegar dissolve hardened flour?
Update: The lump is an odd consistency: between a live dough (super gluey) and tough and with a slight give, very slight. I feel like the gluten is being released and water is both releasing it and releasing a few hairs. Any strands of hair that can be freed seem to have live dough on them which, if not cleaned, contaminate other clean stands. Pushing/ scrubbing with the nails is the only, and very hard, way to get that tiny sticky amount out of the individual hairs. A shampoo with sodium lauryl sulfate helps, but it is still very hard.
I am wondering if there is an enzyme that dissolves gluten. A quick online search recommended tablets for people with who cannot tolerate gluten, not I am not sure if I open the pill tablet and apply it to the hair, it will work.
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Ouch, sounds rough.
Soak it in cold water. This may be awkward; depending on how thick the dough is, it might require soaking it for an hour. But it's really the best way.
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Pour some hot water into a bowl and add a little dish soap. Soak a washcloth in the hot, soapy water and then use it to grasp the clay. Roll the play dough with the washcloth like you're massaging it until you see the dough beginning to dissolve. Rinse the washcloth out and repeat until you think all the dough is gone.How do you get hardened flour out of hair?
A shampoo with sodium lauryl sulfate helps, but it is still very hard....There is this motion which is best for highly matted hair or fur which should work here too:Can playdough get stuck in hair?
Getting Play Dough Out of HairIf the play dough is still moist, use a wide-tooth comb to gently remove as much play dough as possible. If it's dry, gently crack or crumble pieces out of the hair.How do you remove dried flour?
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Water will indeed help best, but will need a long time to get to the inside of a thick patch of dough.
I would sugest first physically breaking it apart with your fingers until it's crumbly. Then trying to gently brush out as much as possible. There is this motion which is best for highly matted hair or fur which should work here too:
- Hold a strand firmly between your scalp and the dough. The idea is that you can then manipulate with the brush at the matted part, but the tugs will stop at your fingers, without transmitting the tugging painfully to your scalp.
- Use quick and superficial motions with a coarse-toothed comb or brush first. It is like carding wool, or a bit like a cat licking the place - you don't want the teeth to sink deep into the matted part and get stuck, but to catch only a superficial layer and straighten those few hairs first to free them.
- Once the uppermost layer is free, start going a bit deeper, again just scratching the lumpy surface.
- Continue working until the hairs are free from the big lump.
After that, you will probably have individually free hairs which are still covered in dough crumbs. Now is the time to soak them well and wash.
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