Exactly what i was going to say, towels - what type and colour towels r you using, get a good quality towel that doesn't lint up in the wash and the same colour of your dreads being brown, because even black will show up in brown dreads but not as mush as white. Do what SE suggested and get smone to tweezer out the bigger bits that r there, and yes a clarifying shamoo wont do any harm, it will get out the smaller bits. But i really do think the main cause is the towels, also think about thing you do in your lifestyle, do you work in a fish and chip shop with spatts of fat, think about anything you do or put on your dreads. Another real good suggestion is - if your dreads r quite mature what you can do is really massage some conditioner into the dreads and give one hell of a good rinse and then maybe do another shampoo, that will really help what is in there slide out, but you really have to rinse very well to get all conditioner out and whatever comes along with it, do that several times when washing your dreads, but no more than 3 times in a row or your dreads will start to loosen with the conditioner.
the Barrellady said:
Sorry, I was not sure what you mean by other stuff that you called gunk, thought you meant it was gooey stuff. If it is just lint related, then here is how you can avoid some of it
- use a high quality towel, and one the same color as your hair, dreads love towel lint, so this way it is not as noticeable if it is brown
- tams made from yarn will leave behind little balls in the dreads, so will scarves, so use wool or even cotton or hemp
- peace
