Hi ladies! I have some beautiful Slumberland mohair that I want to use on my practice head before I start on my painted doll. I got the mohair in a lot of used items and I was wondering if I can wet and brush before I root it so it’s easier to work with. It’s not necessarily knotted but, it’s not nice and uniform like it comes new either. Does anyone have a method for preparing older mohair for rooting? Sorry if my question sounds confusing! If a picture is better I can post a pic of the mohair in a lil while. I’ve got to load the pic to my home computer.
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I don’t have an answer for you so I’m watching to see what others say.
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I don’t like to root wet mohair because all the hair clumps together, making it almost impossible to root one hair at a time.
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I think you could brush it gently like you would if it was on the doll…maybe brush some mohair conditioner through it. You will probably have some waste when doing this though, so prepare to lose a bit of hair.
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Thanks Amy 
I struggled trying to word my question correctly 
I was thinking with it wet it might be easier to clump together then let dry before rooting but, idk I think @honojane suggestion might be my best bet thank you for helping out 
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What I do is take a small lock out of the clump, the best way to do this is take your rooting needle and use it to separate a lock then lay the needle between the hair kinda and run it through to the end all while pulling the lock from the bundle. If you can picture what I’m saying, not even sure if that makes any sense! I hate trying to explain things, my words never come out right! Anyways then I have a spray bottle full of water with a few drops of conditioner added to it, I spray my lock of hair just a little and then holding it in the middle I use a toothbrush to brush from the middle, where I’m holding it, down to the ends. then I move my fingers down a bit and brush the opposite way up the hair to the cut ends. Then hold it by the cut ends and brush the whole lock. I do this everytime I take a lock of hair out, bc I cut mine in half or even into thirds so that I have shorter pieces to root. Then I use a straightener and straighten my pieces, the same way I brush it out, starting from the middle to the end and middle to the top cut ends, it dries the hair as well and makes it so smooth and easy to root with.
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Thank you so so much!!! You’re AWESOME 
don’t feel bad I had trouble wording it myself Thanks again! You ROCK 
When you cut your hair which end do you root from? Your bottom half will be rooted from cut end but, what about the top half since it has 2 cut ends?
The cut end is the end that was closest to the goat when they sheared it. So even when you cut it in half, the top part of the top half is the cut end, I know technically the other side is also a cut end but it doesn’t have the same meaning as the “cut” end. Does that make sense? So I keep all my cut pieces of hair layed on a piece of paper with the word “top” or “cut end” on the top of the paper and then all my short locks are layed onto it. If I need to put my hair up for some reason so it doesn’t get messed with, I fold my paper into thirds enclosing my hair and I put it up. Just how I do things, hope it makes sense to you!
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Yes makes total sense! Thank you so much! That helps so much!!! Thank you for explaining the cut end for me learn somethin’ new everyday
I always wondered why people cut their baby’s hair after rooting if you have to root the cut end. 
Lol Makes total sense now
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Haha, i thought that too, none of it made sense until I was reading about it and all of a sudden it clicked and I got it! I thought, what is so hard about finding the "cut"end, if your not sure then just cut it and there ya go, wa-la cut end! Yes, even though you cut it, it does not make it the “cut” end! Glad I could help!
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