As barometry pointed out, the CurlTalk forum is a great reference. Particularly some posts in the newbies forum.
I found the explanations at Live Curly, Live Free (that page and those which follow) particularly helpful, as it gets into the why of it all. I always feel better following advice when I have enough information that it makes sense in my head.
(The gist is that the combination of silicone sealants and sulfite detergents works, but in a kind of over-the-top way that leaves you really dependent on continuing to use them in alternation. Dropping them would give the "worse before better" effect [I was lucky; I dropped everything except the occasional acid wash a while ago, so I don't have to go through that]. Dropping only one would probably result in a mess (immediately if you dropped the silicone but not the sulfites, in a few weeks if you did it the other way around).)
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I found the explanations at Live Curly, Live Free (that page and those which follow) particularly helpful, as it gets into the why of it all. I always feel better following advice when I have enough information that it makes sense in my head.
(The gist is that the combination of silicone sealants and sulfite detergents works, but in a kind of over-the-top way that leaves you really dependent on continuing to use them in alternation. Dropping them would give the "worse before better" effect [I was lucky; I dropped everything except the occasional acid wash a while ago, so I don't have to go through that]. Dropping only one would probably result in a mess (immediately if you dropped the silicone but not the sulfites, in a few weeks if you did it the other way around).)