White residue on scalp
Dread Maintenance
sounds like a good ratio. I will be sure to keep that in mind
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White residue on scalp
Dread Maintenance
8 tablespoons in a half cup, 16 cups in a gallon. That means I use about 8 tablespoons of baking soda and half a gallon of water to wash with. So maybe I'm using too much baking soda.
Also, I'd say I let the baking soda mixture do its job for about 5-10 minutes while I wash the rest of my body. I let the acv soak for about the same amount of time.
White residue on scalp
Dread Maintenance
well, what I do is scoop about 1/2 cup of baking soda into a jug. The jug can hold about 4 cups of water. Then I fill up the jug, in the shower, with about 4 cups of warm water, mixing the baking soda by hand as it fills up. I pour that over my head and let it do it's job while I wash the rest of my body. After I rinse the rest of myself off, I let the water rinse my hair out. I don't run my fingers or anything through my hair, I let the warm water do the trick. Then I pour some ACV into the bottom of the jug. I don't have a specific measurement for that; about 1/2 cup I guess is what I usually have. I fill up the jug again with warm water to the top (4 cups) and pour that mixture over my head. I let it sit for a while, then I rinse it out with cold water, again just letting the water do the rinsing.
I do not have the essential oils yet. I ordered them and they will hopefully come this week. I bought tea tree oil and rosemary oil
White residue on scalp
Dread Maintenance
Hello everyone. I've been using the Baking Soda + ACV rinse for nearly three months now, like a good boy. Today I was showering a scratched my scalp and noticed kind of a thick, white residue on my scalp. I don't know what it is but I'm going to guess it's undesirable, lol
updated by @lordmoe: 02/14/15 07:51:22AM
Wanting to start dreads but worried about work
Dreading Methods
thanks. I did the baking soda trick last night and no pasty build up, so I guess my water is soft 
Wanting to start dreads but worried about work
Dreading Methods
so that's something I don't want to be doing at all from now on
thanks
Wanting to start dreads but worried about work
Dreading Methods
another quick question
I'm gonna guess that I shouldn't be running my fingers or anything through my hair anymore. I saw the baking soda rinse for showers, so i guess I just pour that over and let the water rinse it out without running my fingers through it like I normally would?
Wanting to start dreads but worried about work
Dreading Methods
oh god, lol
not quite because my hair was wild so it would come undone and curl near the front
my co-workers starting calling me Clark Kent/Superman HAH
Wanting to start dreads but worried about work
Dreading Methods
thanks SE. I was hoping you'd be the first to respond, hah
I'm looking forward to locks though. For as long as I can remember, my hair has given me trouble. It never lays right and I used to just cover it in hair gel and slick it back which, looking back, doesn't really look good unless I'm in a 50s themed diner.