A question about swimming caps

If your pink turns green, use tomato ketchup on it to get it out! But
seriously, the thicker silicone caps are better, as a opposed to the thin
latex ones. I think I got that the right way round! Go for the thicker
ones.

Charlie.

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I need to get a swimming cap and realized that there were a few types
to choose from. I just need it for fitness swimming, and I'd like to
keep my hair as protected as possible, because its long-ish and I have
pink-dyed bangs that I'm worried about reacting with the chlorine. If
anyone could help me out with this descision, that would be great.

Agreed. If you have fine or breakable hair (likely if you bleach before
koolaiding) latex is very hard on your hair. A great tip I got from a
hairdresser is to make your hair very wet before you put the cap on.
Once your hair is saturated with clean water, it cannot become more
saturated with pool water. The often-heard tip about putting
conditioner on first is ill-advised--when I have tried it, my cap
wouldn't stay on, and since I double cap (silicone under a rubber bubble
cap--not something a cool guy with green hair is likely to wear) that is
saying something. Also, if you put on conditioner before swimming it
makes the pool maintenance people very unhappy.
This very comprehensible site was mentioned here a few months ago and
will answer nearly every question you could imagine about swim caps:
http://www.geocities.com/lapswimr/scg.html
Madelaine

Charlie said:

If your pink turns green, use tomato ketchup on it to get it out! But
seriously, the thicker silicone caps are better, as a opposed to the thin
latex ones. I think I got that the right way round! Go for the thicker
ones.

Charlie.

"E" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I need to get a swimming cap and realized that there were a few types
to choose from. I just need it for fitness swimming, and I'd like to
keep my hair as protected as possible, because its long-ish and I have
pink-dyed bangs that I'm worried about reacting with the chlorine. If
anyone could help me out with this descision, that would be great.

I meant "comprehensive" not "comprehensible." The site is also
comprehensible, but that isn't much of a compliment...
Madelaine

Madelaine said:

Agreed. If you have fine or breakable hair (likely if you bleach before
koolaiding) latex is very hard on your hair. A great tip I got from a
hairdresser is to make your hair very wet before you put the cap on.
Once your hair is saturated with clean water, it cannot become more
saturated with pool water. The often-heard tip about putting
conditioner on first is ill-advised--when I have tried it, my cap
wouldn't stay on, and since I double cap (silicone under a rubber bubble
cap--not something a cool guy with green hair is likely to wear) that is
saying something. Also, if you put on conditioner before swimming it
makes the pool maintenance people very unhappy.
This very comprehensible site was mentioned here a few months ago and
will answer nearly every question you could imagine about swim caps:
http://www.geocities.com/lapswimr/scg.html
Madelaine

Charlie said:

If your pink turns green, use tomato ketchup on it to get it out! But
seriously, the thicker silicone caps are better, as a opposed to the thin
latex ones. I think I got that the right way round! Go for the thicker
ones.

Charlie.

"E" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I need to get a swimming cap and realized that there were a few types
to choose from. I just need it for fitness swimming, and I'd like to
keep my hair as protected as possible, because its long-ish and I have
pink-dyed bangs that I'm worried about reacting with the chlorine. If
anyone could help me out with this descision, that would be great.

Thanks for all the help. I just have one more question though, I saw on
Speedo's website that they have a lycra/latex swim cap that they claim
"won't pull hair and keeps hair dry at the same time" I was just
wondering if anyone has an opinion on this or has had any experience
with these kind of caps.

You can always try it out - but I have found that no matter what material
the swim cap is made of, after time, your hair always ends up wet...

Its inevitable!

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for all the help. I just have one more question though, I saw on
Speedo's website that they have a lycra/latex swim cap that they claim
"won't pull hair and keeps hair dry at the same time" I was just
wondering if anyone has an opinion on this or has had any experience
with these kind of caps.