So, it took me 6 hours 8 if you count the one I took out in the bath. Anyways, I had about 20 micro dreads that would not even dread or congo even after not separating them for 3 weeks. I will start my next dread journey May 1st though. I am not stopping because my hair was not dreading right. I will have long and beautiful dreadlocks one of these days, even if it takes the rest of my life. I will have them like it or not...