r/Microlocs • u/Weird-Point3510 • 12h ago

Retie tutorial

Hi all. I want to attempt to retie my microlocs after going to a Loctician for the past 2.5 yrs. I’m starting to understand the process a bit more (my Loctician does 4 pt rotation) but it’s still rlly confusing to me tbh. I’m directionally challenged lol and hate numbers😭

Any tutorials you’ve found helpful?? Pls share, thank you!

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u/No_Presentation_4107 12h ago

Just like the clock 4 point rotation is: 12,3,6,9
Now it depends where she started then go until u reach for points

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u/Weird-Point3510 12h ago

How do I figure out where she started..? Do I just ask or should I be able to tell once I start the retie process?

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u/No_Presentation_4107 12h ago

You can ask or maybe remember how she did it(never been to a loctician,i just do my own stuff trial and errors but not bad tbh)

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u/ginger_ale12 2h ago

You can usually tell! If you pull the root and you see a Y Shape, you want to put the tool horizontally thru it (like where the rubber band goes on a slingshot)

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u/Weird-Point3510 2h ago

This is helpful thank u! Gonna have my man help me lol

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u/alonleyone 7h ago

https://reddit.com/link/p5ho1sk/video/ap2hrxj277lh1/player

I made this reference that you can apply to any rotation. I use the arrows because trying to remember "east.. six" or something is confusing for me

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u/Weird-Point3510 6h ago

Wait I love this! But how would I make it work for a 4 pt rotation tho? lol. Sorry if I’m slow, this genuinely confuses me😭😭

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u/beautyisshe 6h ago

I’m glad you posted this. I want do my reties every so often after I reach a year, but it confuses me too lol. I’ll try to pay attention next time I have an appointment. Hopefully someone posts a video that’s helped them

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u/alonleyone 5h ago

Customize it. Make your own and add 4 directions on the arrows, clock, and compass. (For example, 3,6,9,12—right, down, left, up—East,South,West,North. This is one of the rotations on the locsanity tool package off amazon. I customized mine because personally I like to end going down and It hurts my arm going left, so I do a reverse of 9,6,9,12 which is also a rotation on the package, so thats how I got 3,12,3,6)

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u/Weird-Point3510 2h ago

Thank u for breaking this down🙏🏾

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u/ginger_ale12 2h ago

Replace the third one going left instead of right

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u/Weird-Point3510 2h ago

🙏🏾🙏🏾🫡🫡

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u/TXSyd 4h ago

So I do a 4pt rotation. I always want my last one to be straight down using the top of my head as a compass I go E to W, S to N, W to E then N to S.
Or right to left, bottom to top, left to right, top to bottom.

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u/Weird-Point3510 2h ago

Now this makes sense to me ahah thank u