Methods, such as a hair straightener with a ceramic coating, to remove carbon deposits
Every young lady dreams of looking elegant and spectacular at the same time, but without a beautiful fashionable hairstyle it is impossible. To create stylish images, women buy curling irons and irons. The ceramic device helps to create straight and even curls, to create an elegant hairstyle with protruding strands. It depends on how the hair straightener is cleaned if the ends are cut, the curls evenly straighten, how many years the device will work.
Why clean your curling iron
To strengthen the hair, women rub in oils. To keep the hairstyle longer, the curls do not come undone, use mousse, varnish. All these funds are deposited on the device.
Uneven plate heating
When the iron is turned on, the temperature rises, under the influence of which the accumulated residues of cosmetic and medicinal oils stick to the surface of the plates. If the not very clean hair is straightened, the sebum remains on the curling iron. The resulting sticky layer:
- prevents uniform heating of the plates;
- negatively affects the condition of the hair;
- reduces the effect of the procedure.
Over time, the strands begin to crumble. To prevent this from happening, you need to clean the curling iron from the plate.
Damage to the work surface
Sticky particles of varnish, grease, foam worsen the appearance of the device, make it messy. Carbon deposits formed on the parts of the device lead to deterioration of its surface.
No alignment effect
A Bloom curling iron starts to work less well because the plates are heated unevenly. In some areas, the temperature is lower than normal, and the curly curls do not stand out well, do not acquire a beautiful shine, but, on the contrary, fade, as they get dirty from the surface of the iron, covered with a layer oily. Bloom.
Overheating and tip sectioning
Since the smoothing effect is reduced, the strands take longer to be exposed to high temperatures, which negatively affects the condition of the ends. They begin to peel, to separate a lot.
Basic cleaning methods
There are several options that help deal with carbon deposits on ironing plates, remove plaque.
Simple method
It's not that easy to clean a V-shaped curling iron, but you can still do it. First, the device should be slightly warmed up, unplug the power cord, and then get to work:
- A piece of terry cloth or a cotton swab should be dipped in warm water, wrap around your finger and remove the plaque from the plaque.
- After washing the towel, you need to wipe the ironing body and wait for it to dry or dry.
- To make the curling iron less dirty, after each straightening of the curls, the device is moistened with water, the plates are cleaned of carbon deposits with alcohol.
They remove the plate on all parts of the device, although it is inconvenient to access it.
Do not use your fingernails or razor to remove carbon deposits as the surface of the straightener is easily scratched.
Removal of stubborn dirt
The curling iron is cleaned from stuck foam, foam, varnish by wiping the body and each ironing element with alcohol napkins. It is possible to get rid of a thick layer of plaque by wetting the device with soapy water. It is not worth making special efforts, since the paint will easily peel off.
Ceramic coating
Many women try to wipe carbon deposits off the curling iron with cleaning products that scratch the surface of the straightener. Ironing plates are made not only of metal, but also of ceramic. Do not wipe the appliance with abrasive powders, but with a cloth soaked in hot water or soapy water.
How not to
If you straighten dirty hair, oily deposits quickly build up on the ironing plates. Before the procedure, you need to wash your head. Wet curls cannot be flattened or twisted, as it is forbidden to use a wet iron.
It is dangerous to clean the device when it is not unplugged, as this could cause a short circuit. Abrasives scratch the ceramic coating of the curling iron; under no circumstances should you remove the carbon deposits with nails, a knife or a blade.
You need to heat the device to a certain temperature. It is advisable to level brittle and dry bits at 120-140°C. To work with hard and thick curls, the device can be heated up to 200-220°С.
Increasing the maximum parameters negatively affects the structure of the hair, the tips split, the strands become brittle and dull.
Rules of maintenance and operation
Women who not only dream of looking great, who always have a stylish hairstyle, but also maintain the shine and health of curls, are advised to purchase a more expensive iron with a ceramic coating. The heat in such a straightener evenly penetrates the plate, protects the hair from overheating.
In an all-metal device, the temperature rises unevenly, the curls are easy to burn, and it is much more difficult to restore the same signs of a dangerous phenomenon, the curling iron cord must be disconnected from the network.
Do not align or twist the wet strands, if the insulation is broken, it may cause a shock. And even if this does not happen, the structure of the hair suffers.
There is a lot of sebum in dirty curls, there are remnants of cosmetics and care products. These particles adhere to the surface of the plates, melt, forming hard-to-manage carbon deposits. It is necessary to select the temperature regime for straightening curls, taking into account the thickness and density of the hair.
The contaminated surface should be cleaned after turning off the device with a cloth soaked in lukewarm water, but not hot or cold water. Do not remove the plate of the iron with sharp objects, scrub the surface of the curling iron with abrasive powders, hard sponges.
In order not to overheat the hair, you cannot keep the iron on the strands for a long time. For damaged weak curls, it is worth choosing a gentle mode.