Help with rehair needles!

[rarity91]

In bit of a pickle.
Trying to reorder rehair needles and the shop on etsy I bought my tool from will not be open until June.
I was looking on dolly hair, and can't figure out which needles to get.
Which of their size needles will fit g4 brushables and which will fit g4 fashion styles?
Thank you

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[rarity91]

Bump

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[rybett]

I just buy sewing needles at Walmart and snip the eye open at an angle with wire cutters.  Also trim the end so it fits in the tool. 

[rarity91]

I've done that with regular needles and have broken about 12 of them.
Maybe I should try thicker needles. Lol.
Thank you!

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[Skeen]

Try tapestry needles.  They're thicker and stand up better to long-term use. 

[Galactica]

It may be the way you are re-hairing?  I totally had this problem too- and realized that the hair pieces I was using, were too fat.  When I went to smaller bits, the problem decreased (not completely but a lot)

Oddly enough- for doll manufacturing, the rooters actually heat the heads up before rooting.  I wonder if that would work with ponies too?

[rybett]

Actually, yes.  I would not want to try it with a repaint, but a big handful of uncooked rice in a sock is an awesome heat pack.  Tie off the end and nuke it for a minute or so.  Rest head on sock to warm, add hair.  Repeat.  I learned that trick with a G2 that was VERY stubborn. 

[rarity91]

The needles I snipped were actually embroidery needles?
They were super thin.
I got some better needles when I bought my rehair tool. But my 2 yr old seems to find my stuff and she thinks its a pen.
I'm going to grab some tapestry needles while I'm out. They should work. Thank you all for your help

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[hannaliten]

I use Tapestry needles, size 22 or 24.