Maintaining Mature Dreadlocks
When your dreadlocks are mature the environment that you'll want to maintain will be somewhere between the A and B week environment (closer to the A week). You'll notice that regular washing with Dread Soap has a few cool advantages. It will maintain a dreadlocking environment where new knots can be created at the speed that the hair grows. Accelerator and Lock Peppa can be used to make knotting easier whenever needed but with regular washing you'll be able to make new knots most of the time. This is because the Dread Soap leaves no residue whatsoever on the surface of the hair strands. The other benefit is that the inside of the dreadlocks will remain clean and residue free. This becomes more and more important as the dreads age and continue to compress.
The wax can be used as a moisturizer for the life of the dreads but I don't recommend it. The Dread Butta is way better for that. It's easier to apply and doesn't have any of the "newly waxed tackyness" feeling...actually it makes the dreadlocks feel soft and smooth. It also smells like heaven in a jar...great....now I'm feening for some. =] Keeping them moisturized is important. You don't want to let them get dried out, this can lead to weak, brittle dreads and eventually breakage.
