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Erin_Candice

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SCENERY: Wig Hair is Slowing Me Down!
« on: May 21, 2006, 01:18 am »
I am working on a show that has two things that are not friends- Plastic wig hair and rolling chairs.  These would be your standard desk variety.  The hair is getting wrapped around the wheel barrings preventing them from rolling properly.  I can't get into the barrings and have tried a knife, tweezers, and 3-in-1 oil, all were slow and with few results.  Anybody have any suggestions for how to clear these wheels of hair?
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exorcism?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2006, 11:23 pm »
If you can get hold of some of it, then needlenose pliers often works.  I've had to cut through stuff before (usually carpet fibers, not hair, but same type of issue) and then pull it out of one side or another.  If all else fails, try exorcism!

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Wig Hair is Slowing Me Down!
« Reply #2 on: Jun 05, 2006, 11:13 am »
I recently had to clean long hair out of the wheels of a desk chair, and all I can say is that its a time consuming occupation.  If you can get the end of a hair wrapped around the end of a pair of needle nose pliers, you can sometimes gently pull it out, while wrapping it around the end of the pliers.  Check the wheels, sometimes you can take them apart, depending on how expensive they are, then you can get right at the bearings, get the hair, add a bit of grease, put it back together.  Or, if its a really cheap chair, you can sometimes take the wheels off and get replacement ones at a local hardware store.

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Wig Hair is Slowing Me Down!
« Reply #3 on: Jun 05, 2006, 11:48 am »
I think we might have to look into new wheels.  There is no getting into the bearings.  Augh.  And this show might get extended all summer, so there is little hope of this not becoming a problem :x
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