I tried it once back in my college days.
The rumor was the Plake used egg whites and a blow dryer... Wrong!! When the egg whites were dry, my hair was stuck to the table we used. It took another two days of washing to get most of that crap out.
Plake told me that he uses gelatin. I mentioned that I thought it was too long to put into a Mohawk, but he said it was and that his wife would not have a problem.... She nodded that she could as well.